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Where does “muris” come from?

muris (French) comes from French murir, 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.

muris (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “muris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmurirto mature or ripen
2Frenchmûrmatured, ripe; mature
3Middle Frenchmur—
4Old Frenchmurwall
5Latinmūrus—
6Old Latinmoerus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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