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Where does “muramento” come from?

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

muramento (Italian): The act of sealing with a wall; walling up

Definitions

  1. The act of sealing with a wall; walling up

Ancestry of “muramento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmurareto wall up; to embed into a wall
2Italianmuraplural of muro; city walls, battlements;...
3Italianmurowall; first-person singular present indicative of...
4Latinmūrus—
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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