Where does “murar” come from?

murar (Galician) comes from Galician muro, from Old Portuguese muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

murar (Galician): to wall; to mouse, to waylay mice; to lurk; to...

Definitions

  1. to wall; to mouse, to waylay mice; to lurk; to...

Ancestry of “murar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmurowall; hill-fort; breakwater
2Old Portuguesemuro—
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →