Mohr
German (Berlin)
/moːɐ̯/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) blackamoor, negro; Moor
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German mōr derived from Old High German Mōr borrowed from Latin Maurus (a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Moor).
Origin
Latin
Maurus
Gloss
a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Moor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maurus Latin
- -en- German
- Kopf German
- Land German
- Maure German
- Mohrenkopf German
- Mohrenland German
- Mohrin German
- mohrenschwarz German
- schwarz German
- mór Hungarian
- More French
- maure French
- moro Spanish, Castilian
- Μαυρούσιος Ancient Greek
- Μαυρός Ancient Greek
- Μαῦρος Ancient Greek
- μαυρός Ancient Greek
- maurer Norwegian Bokmål
- More Old French
- maure Old French
- maur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Mōr Old High German
- mōr Middle High German
- mouro Old Portuguese
- муринъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian