Where does “Murrayism” come from?
Murrayism (English) comes from English Murray, 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.
Ancestry of “Murrayism”, step by step
Murrayism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Murray
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Murray | A placename |
| 2 | English | Moray | absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975 |
| 3 | Portuguese | moreia | moray; debris |
| 4 | French | moraine | moraine |
| 5 | Italian | morena | moraine, glacial till, drift |
| 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 |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |