Where does “Moroni” come from?
Moroni (English) comes from Italian Moroni, from Italian moro, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Moroni (English): The last book in the Book of Mormon
Definitions
- The last book in the Book of Mormon
Ancestry of “Moroni”, step by step
Moroni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian Moroni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Moroni | — |
| 2 | Italian | moro | mulberry tree; Moor; black |
| 3 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 4 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 5 | Middle French | moré | Moor (person of Berber descent) |
| 6 | Old French | More | — |
| 7 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |