Where does “merlon” come from?

merlon (English) comes from French merlon, from Italian merlone, from Italian merlo, from Latin merulus, from Latin merula, from Proto-Italic meselā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.

merlon (English): Any of the upright projections between the...

Definitions

  1. Any of the upright projections between the...

Ancestry of “merlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerlonmerlon
2Italianmerlonemerlon
3Italianmerlomerlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling
4Latinmerulusbattlement
5Latinmerulablackbird; wrasse
6Proto-Italicmeselā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →