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English word origin

Etymology of More

From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).

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  • Borrowed-form mentionmooréfr
  • Derivation mentionmooremos · Moore language
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic. · A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore. * As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”). * As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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