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MoreEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗MoreEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
* 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).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moreEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moreEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”). Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moreEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moreEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Back-formation from mores.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- MoreEnglish · e-38538-9342
More, mōr, adj. (serves as comp. of Many and Much) additional: other besides: greater (so in B.).—adv. to a greater degree: again: longer.—n. a greater thing: something further or in addition:—superl. Most (mōst).—adj. M
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More, mōr, n. (Spens.) a root. [A.S. moru, more, a carrot; Ger. möhre.]
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More, mō′re, adv. after the manner of. [L., abl. of mos, a custom.]
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