Where does “muropeptide” come from?

muropeptide (English) comes from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muropeptide (English): Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall

Definitions

  1. Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall

Ancestry of “muropeptide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
2Old Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muropeptide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →