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Where does “muro” come from?

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

muro (Ido): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomurowall
2Italianmurowall; first-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinmūrus—
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muro”

  • muri
  • enmurigar
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