murus
English
noun
Definitions
- A wall.
- (palynology) A pattern-forming ridge on the surface of a pollen grain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūrus (wall, defensive wall).
Origin
Latin
mūrus
Gloss
wall, defensive wall
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
壁
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muramic English
- muralia Latin
- mūrus Latin
- pomerium Latin
- murare Italian
- muro Italian
- *mei Proto-Indo-European
- mur Polish
- murować Polish
- múrr Old Norse
- mur Old French
- muro Esperanto
- mur Welsh
- mûra Old High German
- mūra Old High German
- múr Old Irish
- *mūr Old Dutch
- mūr Old Dutch
- mūra Old Dutch
- muro Old Portuguese
- mūr Old Saxon
- mur Aromanian
- múr Slovak
- meir Romansh
- mir Romansh
- mür Romansh
- mûr Friulian
- mūras Lithuanian
- mur Old Occitan
- muorre Western Frisian
- muro Old Spanish
- muru Sicilian
- mor Dalmatian
- meur Walloon
- muru Sardinian
- *moerus Old Latin