Where does “muriu” come from?

muriu (Romanian) comes from Romanian mură, from Romanian moare, from French moiré, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

muriu (Romanian): blackberry-colored

Definitions

  1. blackberry-colored

Ancestry of “muriu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmurăblackberry
2Romanianmoarea type of brine used for pickling; character,...
3Frenchmoirémoiré, watered; shimmering; moiré, watered...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from French
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