Where does “morena” come from?

morena (Catalan) comes from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

morena (Catalan): a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)

Definitions

  1. a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)

Ancestry of “morena”, step by step

morena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French moraine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmorainemoraine
2Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Latin muraena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmuraenaAlternative form of murena; sea eel, lamprey
2Ancient Greekσμύραινα—
3Ancient Greekσμῦροςkind of eel

Words derived from “morena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →