ADVANCED LEVEL ENGLISH TIP: Silent Letters & Latin Roots Silent Letter in Muscle In the word muscle, the c is silent. You don’t pronounce it because English kept the spelling from its Latin root but simplified the sound over time. So it’s said “muss-ul” instead of “mus-kul.” Latin Root Connection Both muscle and muscular come from the Latin root mūsculus, meaning “little mouse” (because flexing muscles were thought to look like mice moving under the skin!). * In muscle, the c went silent but the

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