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Etymology of murus

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-ros Proto-Indo-European *moyros Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrusbor. English murus Borrowed from Latin mūrus (“wall”).

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noun

A wall, in the context of Ancient Rome. "Ubi vero moveri et adpropinquare muris viderunt, nova atque inusitata specie commoti legatos ad Caesarem de pace miserunt,.." Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum II · A pattern-forming ridge on the surface of a pollen grain.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-ros Proto-Indo-European *moyros Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrusbor. English murus Borrowed from Latin mūrus (“wall”).

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