mussel

The story

1. Latin · derived frommūsculus“mussel, muscle”
2. Late Latin · derived frommuscula
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*muskulā
4. Old English · inherited frommuscle
5. Middle English · inherited frommuscle“mussel”
6. English todaymussel

From Middle English muscle (“mussel”), from Old English muscle, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā, from Late Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus (“mussel, muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Doublet of muscle.

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