Where does “Mora” come from?

Mora (German) comes from Italian morra, from Latin murra, from Greek Μύρρᾱ.

Mora (German): mora

Definitions

  1. mora

Ancestry of “Mora”, step by step

Mora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian morra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmorraThe game of morra
2LatinmurraA stone of which precious vessels were made;...
3GreekΜύρρᾱ—

via Latin mōra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
Every word from Greek Μύρρᾱ →Every word from Latin murra →Every word from Italian morra →