Where does “murenger” come from?

murenger (English) comes from Middle English murager, from Old French muragier, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

murenger (English): An officer in charge of the town walls, or their...

Definitions

  1. An officer in charge of the town walls, or their...

Ancestry of “murenger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmurager—
2Old Frenchmuragieran officer in charge of town walls, receiving...
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →