< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/murrum
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from a pre-Latin Celtic language. Cf Welsh trwyn, Proto-Celtic *srognā. The change in form may be due to confusion with some other word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmorru/
Noun
*murrum n (plural *murra) (Proto-Western-Romance)
- muzzle
- snout
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: mor, morre
- → Italian: morena
- → French: moraine
- → Italian: morena
- Franco-Provençal: mor, morre
- Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: morro, morea
- ⇒ Portuguese: morrião
- Spanish: morra ⇒ morrión
- → Middle French: morion
- French: morion
- → English: morion
- → Middle French: morion