mo
English
/məʊ/, /moʊ/
adv
Definitions
- (obsolete) to a greater degree
- (now) further, longer
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mo inherited from Old English mā inherited from Proto-Germanic *maiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₂-
Gloss
good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- immature English
- matinee English
- matins English
- Matuta Latin
- immanis Latin
- mane Latin
- manis Latin
- mano Latin
- maturus Latin
- māne Latin
- mātūrus Latin
- mātūtīnus Latin
- matinée French
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- μῶλος Ancient Greek
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *maiz Proto-Germanic
- alltmer Swedish
- mer Swedish
- merkostnad Swedish
- ma Old English
- mā Old English
- mo Middle English
- namo Middle English
- mó Irish
- meir Old Norse
- *majati Proto-Slavic
- *maniti Proto-Slavic
- *māxàti Proto-Slavic
- móu Old Irish
- më Albanian
- mëngjes Albanian
- mëshqerrë Albanian
- 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *mē Old Dutch
- *matis Proto-Celtic
- mer Old Saxon
- mēr Old Swedish
- *manus Proto-Italic
- *ambi Proto-Albanian