Where does “murage” come from?

murage (Middle French) comes 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.

Ancestry of “murage”, step by step

murage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French murer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmurer—
2Middle Frenchmurwall
3Old Frenchmurwall
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Old French murage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmuragetax levied for the building or repairing of town...
2Latinmurusa wall
3Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “murage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →