Where does “Murraymania” come from?
Murraymania (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.
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Ancestry of “Murraymania”, step by step
Murraymania 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 Mania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mania | The goddess of the dead and ghosts |
| 2 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |