Muscle comes from Latin musculus, meaning little mouse. The name reflects how flexing muscles seemed to move under the skin.
Why muscle once meant little mouse
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Girl once meant child, how the word became female only
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In Middle English, girl could mean any child. Writers sometimes clarified with phrases like knave girl for a boy and gay girl for a girl.
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