Where does “muo” come from?

muo (Esperanto) comes from English More, from Middle English More, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

muo (Esperanto): mu

Definitions

  1. mu

Ancestry of “muo”, step by step

muo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English More

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMoreThe Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso
2Middle EnglishMoremore
3Old FrenchMore
4LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
5Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
6Ancient Greek-ούσιοςforms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
7Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Ancient Greek μῦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμῦmu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the...
2Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
3Proto-Semiticmāy-water
4Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

Words derived from “muo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós