Where does “Muratorian” come from?
Muratorian (English) comes from English Muratori, from Italian muratore, from Italian murare, from Italian mura, from Italian muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
Muratorian (English): relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio...
Definitions
- relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio...
Ancestry of “Muratorian”, step by step
Muratorian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Muratori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Muratori | — |
| 2 | Italian | muratore | mason, bricklayer |
| 3 | Italian | murare | to wall up; to embed into a wall |
| 4 | Italian | mura | plural of muro; city walls, battlements;... |
| 5 | Italian | muro | wall; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 7 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |