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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

From Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”), from Middle Irish múirn, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to care for”), see also Latin memoria, Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “care”).

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