Where does “mûr” come from?

mûr (French) comes from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mûr (French): matured, ripe; mature

Definitions

  1. matured, ripe; mature

Ancestry of “mûr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmurwall
2Old Frenchmurwall
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mûr”

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