Where does “mura” come from?

mura (French) comes from French murer, 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.

mura (French): third-person singular past historic of murer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of murer

Ancestry of “mura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmurerto wall; wall off; to wall up; to lock up
2Frenchmûrmatured, ripe; mature
3Middle Frenchmurwall
4Old Frenchmurwall
5Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
6Old Latinmoerus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Old Latin moerusEvery word from Latin mūrus
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