Where does “ojimoreno” come from?
ojimoreno (Spanish) comes from Spanish Moreno, from Spanish 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.
ojimoreno (Spanish): dark-eyed, brown-eyed
Definitions
- dark-eyed, brown-eyed
Ancestry of “ojimoreno”, step by step
ojimoreno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish Moreno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Moreno | dark-colored |
| 2 | Spanish | moro | a Moor; a Muslim or Arab, particularly Muslims in... |
| 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 |