Where does “muro” come from?

muro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muro (Portuguese): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “muro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemuro—
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →