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Where does “muro” come from?

muro (Esperanto) comes from Italian muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muro (Esperanto): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmurowall; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinmūrus—
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muro”

  • murskribaĉo
  • murhorloĝo
  • fajromuro
  • muri
  • enmurigar
  • muro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →