Where does “murage” come from?

murage (French) comes 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 (French): murage

Definitions

  1. murage

Ancestry of “murage”, step by step

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