Where does “muren” come from?

muren (Middle English) comes from Middle French murer, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muren (Middle English): To enclose or surround; to wall in

Definitions

  1. To enclose or surround; to wall in

Ancestry of “muren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmurer—
2Middle Frenchmurwall
3Old Frenchmurwall
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muren”

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