Where does “morell” come from?
morell (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian morello, from Italian moro, 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.
morell (Norwegian Nynorsk): cherry (sweet cherry), Prunus avium
Definitions
- cherry (sweet cherry), Prunus avium
Ancestry of “morell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | morello | blackish; A dark, almost black, horse; A wooden... |
| 2 | Italian | moro | mulberry tree; Moor; black |
| 3 | Latin | maurus | Moorish, North African |
| 4 | French | maure | Moorish |
| 5 | Middle French | moré | Moor (person of Berber descent) |
| 6 | Old French | More | — |
| 7 | Latin | Maurus | Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Μαυρούσιος | an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ούσιος | forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |