Meaning

noun aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume

originFrom Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0