Where does “mugir” come from?

mugir (French) comes from Italian muggire, from Latin mūgiō, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.

mugir (French): to moo; to roar

Definitions

  1. to moo; to roar

Ancestry of “mugir”, step by step

mugir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian muggire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmuggireTo low or moo
2Latinmūgiōto moo, low, bellow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmūg-—

via Old French muir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmuir—

Words derived from “mugir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūg- →Every word from Latin mūgiō →Every word from Italian muggire →