Where does “morne” come from?

morne (Middle French) comes from Old French morne, from Frankish murn, from Proto-Germanic murnaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Ancestry of “morne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmornegloomy
2Frankishmurn
3Proto-Germanicmurnazworried; heavy-laden; sorrowful; dreary
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “morne

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-Every word from Proto-Germanic murnazEvery word from Frankish murn
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