Where does “avant-mur” come from?
avant-mur (French) comes from French mûr, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
avant-mur (French): a wall erected in front of another wall; the...
Definitions
- a wall erected in front of another wall; the...
Ancestry of “avant-mur”, step by step
avant-mur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French mûr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mûr | matured, ripe; mature |
| 2 | Middle French | mur | wall |
| 3 | Old French | mur | wall |
| 4 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 5 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |
via French avant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |