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Where does “muro” come from?

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

muro (Galician): wall; hill-fort; breakwater

Definitions

  1. wall; hill-fort; breakwater

Ancestry of “muro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemuro—
2Latinmūrus—
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muro”

  • murar
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