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Where does “moiros” come from?

moiros (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

Ancestry of “moiros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “moiros”

  • mural
  • intramural
  • transmural
  • extramural
  • mure
  • muralist
  • pomerium
  • muralism
  • murage
  • muramic
  • murus
  • muramyl
  • acetylmuramic
  • nontransmural
  • extramurally
  • photomural
  • intermural
  • intramurally
  • muriform
  • muraled
  • transmurally
  • murally
  • acetylmuramyl
  • muropeptide
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