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Where does “pentamoraic” come from?

pentamoraic (English) comes from English moraic, from English Mora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

pentamoraic (English): Having five morae

Definitions

  1. Having five morae

Ancestry of “pentamoraic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoraicOf, pertaining to, or consisting of a mora or...
2EnglishMora—
3Latinmōra—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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