Where does “mure” come from?

mure (English) comes from Middle English muren, from Middle French murer, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mure (English): wall; husks of fruit from which the juice has...

Definitions

  1. wall; husks of fruit from which the juice has...

Ancestry of “mure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmurenTo enclose or surround; to wall in
2Middle Frenchmurer—
3Middle Frenchmurwall
4Old Frenchmurwall
5Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
6Old Latinmoerus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →