Where does “miray” come from?

miray (Mauritian Creole) comes from French muraille, from French mûr, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

miray (Mauritian Creole): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “miray”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmuraillewall
2Frenchmûrmatured, ripe; mature
3Middle Frenchmurwall
4Old Frenchmurwall
5Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
6Old Latinmoerus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →