Etymology

murage

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Today it means: A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town. Full definition →

Middle English murage ← Middle French murage ← Latin murus
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  1. Latin · derived frommurus
  2. Middle French · derived frommurage
  3. Middle English · inherited frommurage
  4. English todaymurage

Inherited from Middle English murage, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage, from murer (“to wall”), from mur (“wall”), Latin murus. See mure (“wall”).

Words from the same roots

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