murenger

The story

1. Latin · derived frommurus“a wall”
2. Old French · derived frommuragier“an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs”
3. Middle English · inherited frommurager
4. English todaymurenger

From Middle English murager, from Old French muragier (“an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs”), from murage (“tax levied for the building or repairing of town walls”), from Latin murus (“a wall”) + -aticum.

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