Where does “mo” come from?

mo (Middle English) comes from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic maiz, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂- — mother; mama, mother.

mo (Middle English): more numerous; larger in amount

Definitions

  1. more numerous; larger in amount

Ancestry of “mo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmāmore
2Proto-Germanicmaizmore, to a greater degree
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂-mother; mama, mother

Words derived from “mo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂- →