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MoEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗MoEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Transliteration of Chinese 莫 (mò).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of month.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗moEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Clipping of moustache.
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moEnglish (en) · Etymology 8Source text
moEnglish (en) · Etymology 9Source text
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- MoMiddle English · word_mo
Mo, adj. and adv. more, besides, others, S, S2, S3, C; moo, S3; ma, S, S2; may, pl., S3.—AS. má. (Mo properly means more in number; more means greater in magnitude.) Source markup note (author correction; text “.)”): ) a
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Source section: Additions and Corrections. This separately printed note may duplicate a correction already integrated in the source dictionary. Mo. Add ) at the end.
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