Where does “merlon” come from?
merlon (French) comes 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 (French): merlon
Ancestry of “merlon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | merlone | merlon |
| 2 | Italian | merlo | merlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling |
| 3 | Latin | merulus | battlement |
| 4 | Latin | merula | blackbird; wrasse |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | meselā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ems- | to give birth, beget |
Words derived from “merlon”