Where does “mure” come from?

mure (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon mūra, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mure (Middle Low German): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “mure”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mure”

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