Where does “Mari” come from?

Mari (Icelandic) comes 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.

Mari (Icelandic): Moor (member of an ancient Berber people, Islamic people who ruled Spain, etc.)

Definitions

  1. Moor (member of an ancient Berber people, Islamic people who ruled Spain, etc.)

Ancestry of “Mari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchMore
2LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
3Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
4Ancient Greek-ούσιοςforms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ούσιος
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