Etymograph

English

murage

Murage comes from Middle English murage ‘a tax for the maintenance of town walls’, from Latin murus ‘wall, city wall(s),’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moyrosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moiros‘wall’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmurus‘wall, city wall(s),’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murage‘a tax for the maintenance of town walls’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1726same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moyrosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moiros‘wall’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmurus‘wall, city wall(s),’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murage‘a tax for the maintenance of town walls’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1726same form

Earliest quotation: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or: “They pay no Toll for Goods which they have…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to fix, to build fortifications or fences’

mean, common, community, met, minister, minute, commission, ministry, minor, mess, communication, meal, min, commit, menu, compromise, missile, communist, mere, communicate, mutual, minus, immune, dismiss, premise, ammunition, immunity, mole, communism, municipality, ammo, communal, mayhem, noodle, communion, intermittent, moor, commune, mite, omit, 78 more

through Latin murus ‘wall, city wall(s),’

mural, 9 more

Today it means

noun A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / murage

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