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Where does “mur” come from?

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

mur (Norman): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “mur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmurwall
2Latinmūrus—
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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