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Where does “muro” come from?

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

muro (Italian): wall; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. wall; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “muro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūrus—
2Old Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muro”

  • estramurale
  • antimuro
  • muri
  • murale
  • muricolo
  • mura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →