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Where does “moene” come from?

moene (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European móyni, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

moene (Old Latin): wall, fortification

Definitions

  1. wall, fortification

Ancestry of “moene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmóyni—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “moene”

  • communion
  • ammunition
  • munitions
  • munition
  • intercommunion
  • submunition
  • postcommunion
  • munitionette
  • munitioner
  • antecommunion
  • noncommunion
  • ammunitionless
  • ammunitionlike
  • communionlike
  • remunition
  • munimen
  • munito
  • moenia
  • munio
  • muniendus
  • munitus
  • munitio
  • circummuniens
  • circummuniturus
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