Where does “Mauritanies” come from?
Mauritanies (Afrikaans) comes from French Mauritanie, from Latin Maurītānia, from Latin Mauritanus, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Mauritanies (Afrikaans): Mauritanian of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania or the Mauritanian people
Definitions
- Mauritanian of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania or the Mauritanian people
Ancestry of “Mauritanies”, step by step
Mauritanies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Mauritanie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Mauritanie | — |
| 2 | Latin | Maurītānia | — |
| 3 | Latin | Mauritanus | Mauritanian, of the Moors |
| 4 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 5 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 6 | Middle French | moré | Moor (person of Berber descent) |
| 7 | Old French | More | — |
| 8 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Afrikaans ies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | ies | — |