Where does “mure” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mure”, step by step

mure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch mūr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmūr—
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Old Dutch mūra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmūrawall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →