Where does “morel” come from?
Morel comes from French morille, from Frankish morhila, from Proto-West Germanic morha, from Proto-Germanic murhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mork-.
morel (English): Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the...
Definitions
- Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the...
Ancestry of “morel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | Maurellus | — |
| 2 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 3 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 4 | Middle French | moré | — |
| 5 | Old French | More | — |
| 6 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |