Where does “mur” come from?

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

mur (Middle French): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “mur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-