mure

The story

1. Latin · derived frommūrus“wall”
2. Late Latin · derived frommūrō, mūrāre
3. Old French · derived frommurer“to close by a wall”
4. Middle French · derived frommurer
5. Middle English · inherited frommuren
6. English todaymure

Inherited from Middle English muren, from Middle French murer, from Old French murer (“to close by a wall”), from Late Latin mūrō, mūrāre, from Latin mūrus (“wall”). Related to German Mauer (“wall”).

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