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Where does “mûre” come from?

mûre (French) comes from Old French meure, from Vulgar Latin mora, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον, from Proto-Indo-European mórom — mulberry, blackberry.

mûre (French): mulberry; blackberry; murrey

Definitions

  1. mulberry; blackberry; murrey

Ancestry of “mûre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmeure—
2Vulgar Latinmoradelay, or any duration of time; hindrance
3Latinmōrum—
4Ancient Greekμόρονblack mulberry; blackberry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórommulberry, blackberry

Words derived from “mûre”

  • mûrement
  • mûrier
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