Where does “more” come from?

more (Dutch) comes from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

more (Dutch): The unit of length in poetic metre

Definitions

  1. The unit of length in poetic metre

Ancestry of “more”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mōra →