The story
- New Latin · borrowed fromzygomaticus minor
- English todayzygomaticus minor
Borrowed from New Latin zygomaticus minor, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus minor (“smaller zygomatic muscle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zygomaticus minor
Today it means: A slender band of muscle on each side of the face that arises from the zygomatic bone, inserts into the upper lip between the zygomaticus major and the levator labii superioris, and acts to raise the upper lip upward and laterally. Full definition →
New Latin zygomaticus minor