Mice
/maɪs/noun
Plural of mouse, a small rodent.
Did you know?Mice keeps an inherited Germanic vowel-change called umlaut, a relic of Old English grammar that still survives in a few everyday words like feet and geese.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mūs-
“mouse”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mūsiz
“mice; plural form of mouse”
Old English
OE
mȳs
“mice”
Middle English
ME
mys
“mice”
Modern English
English
mice
“plural of mouse”