Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) · comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
To a greater degree or extent. · Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. · In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. · Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.
A greater number or quantity (of something). · An extra or additional quantity (of something).
comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) · comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) · Additional; further. · Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).
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- Inherited-form mentionmoreenm
- Inherited-form mentionmāraang
- Inherited-form mention*maiʀōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*maizôgem-pro · more
- Derivation mention*mē-ine-pro · many
- Cognate mentionmairsco
- Cognate mentionmoorstq
- Cognate mentionmearfy
- Cognate mentionmeernl
- Cognate mentionmehrnds
- Cognate mentionmehrde
- Cognate mentionmereda
- Cognate mentionmerasv
- Cognate mentionmernb
- Cognate mentionmeirnn
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