Where does “moraine” come from?

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

moraine (French): moraine

Definitions

  1. moraine

Ancestry of “moraine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “moraine”

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