Where does “moraine” come from?
Moraine comes from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, from Vulgar Latin murrum.
moraine (English): An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and...
Definitions
- An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and...
Ancestry of “moraine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | moraine | moraine |
| 2 | Italian | morena | moraine, glacial till, drift |
| 3 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 4 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |
Words derived from “moraine”