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
- smoko
Ancestry of “mōkō”, step by step
mōkō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English smoko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smoko | A cigarette break from work or military duty; a... |
| 2 | English | -o | A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can... |
| 3 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 4 | Middle English | O | — |
| 5 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 6 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-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 |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |
via Proto-Polynesian *moko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *moko | — |