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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

  1. relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio...

Ancestry of “Muratorian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMuratori—
2Italianmuratore—
3Italianmurareto wall up; to embed into a wall
4Italianmuraplural of muro; city walls, battlements;...
5Italianmurowall; first-person singular present indicative of...
6Latinmūrus—
7Old Latinmoerus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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