Where does “muraille” come from?

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

muraille (Middle French): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muraille”, step by step

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

Words derived from “muraille”

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