PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 74
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗Middle English borrowing; 14th c. first-use horizon
Middle English anatomical muscle
muscle DOSSIER ↗Old French muscle enters Middle English as the anatomical word. Merriam-Webster reports a fourteenth-century English first-known-use horizon; the same spelling could also name the mollusk, so the anatomical sense remains explicit.
- COORDINATES STORED
- NO
- HONEST TO PLOT
- NO
- PLACEMENT MODE
- broad
- TIME PRECISION
- century
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 2
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The full fourteenth century is exposed as the source-reported English first-use horizon for the anatomical noun, not as an exact date for every Middle English form or French-to-English contact.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Muscle — Word History
Reports the Middle English and Latin history and a fourteenth-century first-known-use horizon for the English anatomical noun.
Word History: Etymology and First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗ - supports
Muscle — Word History
Documents the anatomical Middle English borrowing through Old French muscle.
Etymology: Middle English from Old FrenchAUDIT SOURCE ↗