Where does “murare” come from?
murare (Italian) comes from Italian mura, from Italian muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
murare (Italian): to wall up; to embed into a wall
Definitions
- to wall up; to embed into a wall
Ancestry of “murare”, step by step
murare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian mura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mura | plural of muro; city walls, battlements;... |
| 2 | Italian | muro | wall; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 4 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |
via Latin murare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | murare | — |