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Where does “murta” come from?

murta (Catalan) comes from Latin myrta, from Ancient Greek Μύρτος, from Semitic m-r-r.

Ancestry of “murta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmyrtanominative plural of myrtum; accusative plural of...
2Ancient GreekΜύρτος—
3Semiticm-r-r—
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