Where does “Morimoto” come from?

Morimoto is a Japanese surname with elements 森 (mori, "forest") and 本 (moto, "origin" or "base"), literally meaning "forest origin."

Ancestry of “Morimoto”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	森本	—

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