Where does “muraille” come from?

muraille (French) comes 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.

muraille (French): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muraille”, step by step

muraille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mûr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmûrmatured, ripe; mature
2Middle Frenchmurwall
3Old Frenchmurwall
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Middle French muraille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmuraillewall
2Middle French-aille

Words derived from “muraille

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-
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