Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Nynorsk

Where does “mør” come from?

mør (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Mohr, from Middle High German mōr, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mør (Norwegian Nynorsk): tender

Definitions

  1. tender

Ancestry of “mør”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMohrblackamoor, negro; Moor
2Middle High Germanmōr—
3LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
4FrenchmaureMoorish
5Middle Frenchmoré—
6Old FrenchMore—
7LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
8Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
9Ancient Greek-ούσιος—
10Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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