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
- third-person singular past historic of murer
Ancestry of “mura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | murer | to wall; wall off; to wall up; to lock up |
| 2 | French | mûr | matured, ripe; mature |
| 3 | Middle French | mur | — |
| 4 | Old French | mur | wall |
| 5 | Latin | mūrus | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |