English
mure
Mure comes from Old French murer ‘to close by a wall’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moyrosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moiros‘wall’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūrus‘wall’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmūrō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400murer‘to close by a wall’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500muren‘to enclose or surround’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599mure
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moyrosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moiros‘wall’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūrus‘wall’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmūrō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400murer‘to close by a wall’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500muren‘to enclose or surround’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599mure
Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “Th' incessant care and labour of his mind Hath…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’
mean, common, community, met, minister, minute, commission, ministry, minor, mess, communication, meal, min, commit, menu, compromise, missile, communist, communicate, minus, mutual, dismiss, immune, mere, ammunition, immunity, mole, communism, premise, municipality, ammo, mayhem, communal, noodle, intermittent, communion, moor, mite, omit, commune, 78 more
through Latin mūrus ‘wall’
Today it means
noun wall
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / mure