Where does “mōkō” come from?

mōkō (Maori) comes from English smoko, from English -o, from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο.

mōkō (Maori): smoko

Definitions

  1. smoko

Ancestry of “mōkō”, step by step

mōkō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English smoko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsmokoA cigarette break from work or military duty; a...
2English-oA colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
3EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
4Middle EnglishO
5Old Englishoever, always
6LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
7Etruscan𐌏
8Ancient GreekοLower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π
9Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
10Egyptian𓁹

via Proto-Polynesian *moko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*moko

Words derived from “mōkō

Every word from Egyptian 𓁹Every word from Phoenician 𐤏Every word from Ancient Greek ο