From Middle English murmur , murmor , murmour , from Old French murmure (modern French murmure ), from Latin murmur ( “ murmur, humming, muttering, roaring, growling, rushing etc. ” ) .
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From Proto-Indo-European * mormur- , * mur- ( “ to mutter ” ) . Reduplication points to imitative , onomatopoeic origin of the root. Cognate with Sanskrit मर्मर ( marmara , “ rustling sound, murmur ” ) , Ancient Greek μορμύρω ( mormúrō , “ to roar, boil ” ) , Lithuanian mùrmėti ( “ to mutter, murmur, babble ” ) , Old High German murmurōn , murmulōn ( “ to mumble, murmur ” ) , Old Norse murra ( “ to grumble, mumble ” ) , Old Armenian մռմռամ ( mṙmṙam ) .
From Old French murmure , from Latin murmur .
Learned borrowing from Latin murmur , or borrowed from French murmure .
Inherited from Middle Welsh murmur , from Middle English murmur .
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