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Where does “mattamore” come from?

mattamore (English) comes from French matamore, from Spanish Matamoros, from Spanish moro, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mattamore (English): An underground storage place for grain

Definitions

  1. An underground storage place for grain

Ancestry of “mattamore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatamore—
2SpanishMatamoros—
3Spanishmoroa Moor; a Muslim or Arab, particularly Muslims in...
4LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
5FrenchmaureMoorish
6Middle Frenchmoré—
7Old FrenchMore—
8LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
9Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
10Ancient Greek-ούσιος—
11Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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