Where does “moray” come from?

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

moray (English): Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of...

Definitions

  1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of...

Ancestry of “moray”, step by step

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