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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 Englishmuren—
2Middle Frenchmurer—
3Middle Frenchmur—
4Old Frenchmurwall
5Latinmūrus—
6Old Latinmoerus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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