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Where does “murmure” come from?

murmure (French) comes from French murmurer, from Old French murmurer, from Latin murmurō, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European mormur-.

murmure (French): a murmur; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. a murmur; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “murmure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmurmurerto murmur
2Old Frenchmurmurerto whisper
3Latinmurmurō—
4Latinmurmurmurmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmormur-—
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