mural的词源

英文词源

mural: mural: [16] The Latin for ‘wall’ was mūrus, derivatives of which have given English immure [16] and mural. It came from an earlier form moerus, to which was related moenia ‘walls’, source of the verb mūnīre ‘fortify, defend’. This has given English muniment ‘documentary proof of ownership, which ‘defends’ one’s right to something’ [15] and munition [16] (whence ammunition).
=> ammunition, immure, muniment, munition
mural (n.): painting on a wall, 1921, short for mural painting (1850), from mural (adj.) "pertaining to walls" (mid-15c.), from Latin muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old Latin moiros, moerus), from PIE *mei- "to fix; to build fences or fortifications" (cognates: Old English mære "boundary, border, landmark;" Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land;" Latin munire "to fortify, protect").

缩写自mural painting,壁画，来自拉丁语murus,墙，墙壁，来自PIE*mei,修建，巩固，防御工事，可能来自PIE*mo,辛劳，劳作，词源同mole,防洪堤，城墙，大型工事。比如，英语里的“长城”是the Great Wall，法语里是la grande Muraille。

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