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Where does “maure” come from?

maure (Latin) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -ῐος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

maure (Latin): vocative masculine singular of maurus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of maurus

Ancestry of “maure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
2FrenchmaureMoorish
3Middle Frenchmoré—
4Old FrenchMore—
5LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
6Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
7Ancient Greek-ούσιος—
8Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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