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...
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- Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the...
Ancestry of “morel”, step by step
morel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin Maurellus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | Maurellus | — |
| 2 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 3 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 4 | Middle French | moré | Moor (person of Berber descent) |
| 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 | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch moreel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | moreel | moral; Obsolete form of moraal |
| 2 | Dutch | moraal | moral, morals; morale, motivation; Obsolete form... |
| 3 | French | moral | morale, optimism; moral |
| 4 | Middle French | moral | — |
| 5 | Old French | moral | — |
| 6 | Latin | mōrālis | Of or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral |
| 7 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Medieval Latin maurella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | maurella | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |