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

Definitions

  1. merlon

Ancestry of “merlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmerlonemerlon
2Italianmerlomerlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling
3Latinmerulusbattlement
4Latinmerulablackbird; wrasse
5Proto-Italicmeselā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget

Words derived from “merlon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →Every word from Proto-Italic meselā →Every word from Latin merula →