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Where does “munimen” come from?

munimen (Latin) comes from Latin mūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

munimen (Latin): defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure

Definitions

  1. defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure

Ancestry of “munimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūniō—
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
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