Where does “Mohr” come from?

Mohr (German) comes from Middle High German mōr, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Mohr (German): blackamoor, negro; Moor

Definitions

  1. blackamoor, negro; Moor

Ancestry of “Mohr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmōr
2LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
3FrenchmaureMoorish
4Middle FrenchmoréMoor (person of Berber descent)
5Old FrenchMore
6LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
7Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
8Ancient Greek-ούσιοςforms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
9Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Mohr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ούσιος