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murus.

wall, city wall;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmuː.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈmuː.rus]
  1. wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)

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  2. mounds made without ditches

    declension-2 · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-ros Proto-Indo-European *moyros Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrus From Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”), see also Latin mūnīre (“to protect”), Old Norse -mæri (“border-land, boundary”), Old English mære (“landmark, border, boundary”). See also Sanskrit मुर् (múr, “wall”), Sanskrit मुर (mura, “surrounding, encircling, enclosing”).

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