Where does “mora” come from?

mora (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin mora, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον, from Proto-Indo-European mórom — mulberry, blackberry.

mora (Italian): mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus

Definitions

  1. mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus

Ancestry of “mora”, step by step

mora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin mora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmoradelay, or any duration of time; hindrance
2Latinmōrummulberry (fruit)
3Ancient Greekμόρονblack mulberry; blackberry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórommulberry, blackberry

via Latin mōra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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