Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “moraþ” come from?

moraþ (Old English) comes from Latin moratum, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον, from Proto-Indo-European mórom — mulberry, blackberry.

moraþ (Old English): a sweet boiled wine spiced with herbs

Definitions

  1. a sweet boiled wine spiced with herbs

Ancestry of “moraþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoratumnominative neuter singular of morātus; accusative...
2Latinmōrum—
3Ancient Greekμόρονblack mulberry; blackberry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórommulberry, blackberry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mórom →