Where does “mo” come from?

mo (Mauritian Creole) comes from French mot, from Middle French mot, from Old French mot, from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.

mo (Mauritian Creole): I; word; Alternative spelling: mot

Definitions

  1. I; word; Alternative spelling: mot

Ancestry of “mo”, step by step

mo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmotword; note, message
2Middle Frenchmotword
3Old Frenchmotword; Alternative form of molt
4Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
5Frankish*mot—
6Proto-Germanic*motta—
7Proto-Germanicmutô—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty

via French moi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoime; to me; ego
2Middle Frenchmoyme
3Old Frenchmoime
4Latinmēme, myself
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “mo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mutô →Every word from Proto-Germanic *motta →