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Where does “morsside” come from?

morsside (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mør, 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 — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

morsside (Norwegian Nynorsk): mother's side, maternal side

Definitions

  1. mother's side, maternal side

Ancestry of “morsside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmørtender
2GermanMohrblackamoor, negro; Moor
3Middle High Germanmōr—
4LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
5FrenchmaureMoorish
6Middle Frenchmoré—
7Old FrenchMore—
8LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
9Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
10Ancient Greek-ούσιος—
11Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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