muscular的词源

英文词源

muscular (adj.)

1680s, "pertaining to muscles," from Latin musculus (see muscle (n.)) + -ar. Earlier in same sense was musculous (early 15c.). Meaning "having well-developed muscles" is from 1736. Muscular Christianity (1857) is originally in reference to philosophy of Anglican clergyman and novelist Charles Kingsley (1819-1875). Muscular dystrophy attested from 1886.

中文词源

muscular：肌肉的

来自muscle,肌肉。

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muscular：肌肉发达的，强健的；肌肉的

词根词缀： mus→mouse鼠 + -cular形容词词尾