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
- Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of...
Ancestry of “moray”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | moreia | moray; debris |
| 2 | French | moraine | moraine |
| 3 | Italian | morena | moraine, glacial till, drift |
| 4 | Latin | mūrus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |