Where does “mure” come from?

mure (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mur, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

mure (Portuguese): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “mure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortuguesemurA mouse or rat
2Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
3Proto-Italicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →