Where does “murage” come from?
murage (English) comes from Middle English murage, from Middle French murage, from Middle French murer, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
murage (English): A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of...
Definitions
- A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of...
Ancestry of “murage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | murage | A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage |
| 2 | Middle French | murage | — |
| 3 | Middle French | murer | — |
| 4 | Middle French | mur | wall |
| 5 | Old French | mur | wall |
| 6 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 7 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |