Where does “morenot” come from?

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

morenot (Catalan): brown moray eel

Definitions

  1. brown moray eel

Ancestry of “morenot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmorenaa moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
2Frenchmorainemoraine
3Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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