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Where does “muricolo” come from?

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

muricolo (Italian): That lives in walls

Definitions

  1. That lives in walls

Ancestry of “muricolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmurowall; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinmūrus—
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →