epimysium

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)

Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *múHs

Proto-Hellenic *mū́s

Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -umder.

English -ium

English epimysium

From epi- + Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs) + English -ium.

Noun

epimysium (plural epimysia)

1. a layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscles

Derived terms

• epimysial