Where does “maurinmalva” come from?
maurinmalva (Finnish) comes from Finnish mauri, from Latin Mauritius, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
maurinmalva (Finnish): Any plant of a cultivar of common mallow, Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana, used as decorative plant, in salads, as tea and in herbal medicine
Definitions
- Any plant of a cultivar of common mallow, Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana, used as decorative plant, in salads, as tea and in herbal medicine
Ancestry of “maurinmalva”, step by step
maurinmalva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mauri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mauri | Moor |
| 2 | Latin | Mauritius | — |
| 3 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 4 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 5 | Middle French | moré | Moor (person of Berber descent) |
| 6 | Old French | More | — |
| 7 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |