Where does “Matamoros” come from?

Matamoros (Spanish) comes from Spanish moro, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος, from Ancient Greek -ούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Matamoros (Spanish): located on the Mexico–United States border

Definitions

located on the Mexico–United States border

Ancestry of “Matamoros”, step by step

Matamoros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish moro

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	moro	a Moor; a Muslim or Arab, particularly Muslims in...
2	Latin	maurus	Moorish, North African
3	French	maure	Moorish
4	Middle French	moré	Moor (person of Berber descent)
5	Old French	More	—
6	Latin	Maurus	Of or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
7	Ancient Greek	Μαυρούσιος	an inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
8	Ancient Greek	-ούσιος	forms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
9	Ancient Greek	-ῐος	belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
10	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Spanish matar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	matar	to kill, slay; to put out, extinguish; to butcher
2	Latin	mattāre	—
3	Late Latin	mattus	drunk, intoxicated
4	Latin	maditus	—
5	Latin	madere	present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
6	Latin	madeō	to be wet or moist
7	Proto-Indo-European	meh₂d-	to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “Matamoros”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek -ούσιος →