Where does “mural” come from?

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

mural (French): mural

Definitions

  1. mural

Ancestry of “mural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmuralwall; especially a large one
2Latinmuraliswall
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mural”

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