Where does “Murray” come from?

Murray (English) comes from English Moray, from Portuguese moreia, from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Murray (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Murray”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMorayabsorbed into Grampian Region in 1975
2Portuguesemoreiamoray; debris
3Frenchmorainemoraine
4Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
5Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
6Old Latinmoerus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “Murray”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →