Translation
mouse
Word origin
From Latin mus, the same ancient word behind English mouse and German Maus, all from one Indo-European root. Latin also gave the animal's name to musculus, 'little mouse', because a flexing muscle looks like one moving under the skin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mus
- English cognates
- mouse, muscle
Examples
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The cat caught a little mouse.
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A mouse lives in a hole in the wall.
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The mouse ran away when it saw the cat.
As in English, also names the computer mouse, so komputila sits on your desk. The cat-and-mouse idiom carries over too: .
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