The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμῦς“muscle”
- New Latin · borrowed frommyocardium
- English todaymyocardium
From New Latin myocardium, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμῦς all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.