The story
- Old Tupi · derived frommurumuru
- Portuguese · borrowed frommurumuru
- English todaymurumuru
Borrowed from Portuguese murumuru, from Old Tupi murumuru, a reduplication of muru (“thick”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
murumuru
Today it means: A rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers. Full definition →
Portuguese murumuru ← Old Tupi murumuru