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

  1. 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

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

via Middle English muren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmurenTo enclose or surround; to wall in

Words derived from “murage

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Old Latin moerusEvery word from Latin mūrus
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