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muerto (2) (Noun) "dead person" 10th cent. From Latin mortuus 'id.' Old Latin mortuos. From Proto-Italic *mortwo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥-t-u̯o 'id.,' but the original form was likely *mr̥-to- 'id. Indo-European Italic Venetic murtuvoi "to the dead" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
mujer f. (Noun) "woman" 11th cent. Old Spanish muller. 12th cent. Old Spanish mugier, muger. From Latin mulier 'id.' Possibly a comparative of mollis "soft," "weak" but see de Vaan (2014) for a discussion of this argument's serious problems. If not connected to mollis, then of unknown origin. For a continued etymology of mollis, see muelle. Indo-European Romance Asturian muyer, Portuguese mulher, Galician muller, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, Aromanian muljari, Romanian muiere, Sardinian mugere Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
mundo m. (Noun) "world" 12th cent. From Latin mundus 'id.' Ultimately of unknown origin. According to de Vaan (2014), a connection to Etruscan munθ- "cannot be established as long as its meaning is unknown." Indo-European Romance Asturian mundu, Portuguese mundo, Galician mundo, Catalan món, French monde, Italian mondo, Sardinian mundhu Tyrsenian munθ-?, meaning unknown On the basis of Auto de Reyes Magos (12th cent.), it is believed that mundo was pronounced /mon.do/ for some time: Que es senior de todo el mundo / asi cumo el cilo es redondo. This conservative pronunciation was likely due to reinforcement from Ecclesiastical Latin and, perhaps, from Gallo-Romance languages like French, Catalan, which meant that for several centuries there were two pronunciations of mundo side-by-side. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
muñir (Verb) "to summon" From Latin monere "to remind." From Proto-Italic *mon-eje- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *mon-ei̯e- 'id.' More literally to cause upon another's mind (cf. mente "mind"), from *men- "to think" (see mente). Indo-European Romance Portuguese monir Celtic Celtiberian monimam (?) "memory," Old Irish muinithir "to think" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit mānáyati "to honor," Old Avestan mānaiia- "to make think" de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
muñir (Verb) to summon From Latin monere "to warn," "to remind." From Proto-Italic *mon-eje- "to warn," "to remind." From Proto-Indo-European *mon-ei̯e- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese monir Celtic Old Irish muinethar "to think" Hellenic Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) "I am angry" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit mānyáti "he honors," Old Avestan mānaiia- "to make think" de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
mur m. (Noun) (archaic) "mouse" 13th cent. From Latin murem, accusative of mus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *mūs 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *muHs 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian mure, Portuguese muro Germanic Old Norse mús "mouse," "biceps," Old High German mūs Old Saxon mūs 'id.,' Old English mūs 'id.' (English mouse) Albanian Albanian mī "mouse" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic myšь "mouse," Russian myš' 'id.,' Czech myš 'id.,' Slovene mìš 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs) "mouse" Armenian Armenian mikn "mouse" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit mū́ṣ- "mouse," "rat," Young Avestan mūš-, name of a Pairika Tocharian B maścītse "mouse," "rat" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
murcielago, murceguillo m. (Noun) "bat" Both variants are from 13th cent. murciégalo, itself from murciego. See mur and ciego respectively. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
musa f. (Noun) "Muse;" "inspiration" 15th cent. borrowing from Latin Musa 'id.,' from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα ‎(Moûsa). Its origins are hazy. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mond^h-i̯h₂ "the wise one" as an appellation for a Muse. In which case, the name stretches back to an original root *men- "to think" (see mente). But Beekes (2014) notes, the word with its difficult origin may just as well be a loan from a Pre-Greek source. "The Muses can assist by putting the poet in mind of the relevant material. This is why they are called daughters of Memory, Mnemosyne." M. West, Indo-European Poetry and Myth (2007) Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
música f. (Noun) "music" 13th cent. From Latin musica 'id.,' borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική ‎(mousiké) "art," originally the art of the Muses. Part of a longer phrase μουσική ‎τέχνη (mousiké ték^hne) "Muse's art." For a continued etymology of μουσική ‎(mousiké) and the name Muse, see musa. Indo-European Romance Portuguese música, Galician música, Catalan música, French musique, Italian musiche, Romanian muzică Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
muy (Adverb) "very" 10th cent. Old Spanish muit. Apocapation of muito (see mucho). It was used in variation with much(o) until the 15th cent. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.