Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania. · A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries. · A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa. · A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.
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- Inherited-form mentionMoreenm
- Derivation mentionMorefro
- Derivation mentionMaurusla
- Derivation mentionΜαυρούσιοςgrc
- Doublet mentionMoroen
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