Where does “murage” come from?
murage (Middle English) 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 (Middle English): A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage
Definitions
- A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage
Ancestry of “murage”, step by step
murage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French murage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | murage | — |
| 2 | Middle French | murer | — |
| 3 | Middle French | mur | wall |
| 4 | Old French | mur | wall |
| 5 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 6 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |
via Middle English muren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | muren | To enclose or surround; to wall in |