Etymograph

English

murenger

Murenger comes from Old French muragier ‘an officer in charge of town walls, receiving…’, from Latin murus ‘a wall’, 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‘a wall’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400muragier‘an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murager
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1979murenger

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‘a wall’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400muragier‘an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murager
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1979murenger

Earliest quotation: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree: “The murengers have walled the pale, the gates are…”

Linked words

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

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

through Latin murus ‘a wall’

mural, 9 more

Today it means

noun An officer in charge of the town walls, or their repairs.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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