Where does โ€œmokonuiโ€ come from?

mokonui (Maori) comes from Maori mลkล, from English smoko, from English -o, from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan ๐Œ.

Ancestry of โ€œmokonuiโ€, step by step

mokonui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori mลkล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimลkลsmoko
2EnglishsmokoA cigarette break from work or military duty; a...
3English-oA colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
4EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
5Middle EnglishOโ€”
6Old Englishoever, always
7LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
8Etruscan๐Œโ€”
9Ancient GreekฮฟLower-case omicron (แฝ‚ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯŒฮฝ), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ฮพ and followed by ฯ€
10Phoenician๐คayin; สฟayin
11Egyptian๐“นโ€”

via Maori nui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorinuibig
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesiannuibig
Every word from Egyptian ๐“น โ†’