Where does “mūrus” come from?

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

mūrus (Latin): wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)

Definitions

  1. wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)

Ancestry of “mūrus”, step by step

mūrus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Latin moerus

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

via Proto-Indo-European mei

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

via Proto-Italic moiros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmoiroswall

Words derived from “mūrus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →