Where does “muri” come from?
muri (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.
muri (Italian): plural of muro; inflection of murare:
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Definitions
- plural of muro; inflection of murare:
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Ancestry of “muri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | murare | to wall up; to embed into a wall |
| 2 | Italian | mura | plural of muro; city walls, battlements;... |
| 3 | Italian | muro | wall; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | mūrus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |