murus

Meaning

wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)

Concepts

wall

barrier

fence

defending wall

Synonyms

vallum

paries

Translations

muur

Mauer

muro

Wand

parede

duvar

muro

muro

mur

paret

dîwar

mur

muralha

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmuː.rʊs]

Etymology

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”).