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

  1. A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of...

Ancestry of “murage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmurageA tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage
2Middle Frenchmurage
3Middle Frenchmurer
4Middle Frenchmurwall
5Old Frenchmurwall
6Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
7Old Latinmoerus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Old Latin moerusEvery word from Latin mūrus