Maurus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the Moors.
- Moorish, Mauritanian.
- (poetic) North African.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Moor).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Μαυρός
Gloss
Moor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Moor English
- Mauritania Latin
- Maure German
- Mohr German
- maurisch German
- mór Hungarian
- mórok Hungarian
- mórt Hungarian
- More French
- maure French
- мавр Russian
- мурин Russian
- moreno Spanish, Castilian
- morisco Spanish, Castilian
- moro Spanish, Castilian
- Μαυρούσιος Ancient Greek
- Μαυρός Ancient Greek
- Μαῦρος Ancient Greek
- μαυρός Ancient Greek
- *mergʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- maurer Norwegian Bokmål
- More Old French
- maure Old French
- mouro Galician
- maur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μαύρος Greek (modern)
- moor Middle Dutch
- Mōr Old High German
- mōr Middle High German
- More Middle French
- mouro Old Portuguese
- *marwos Proto-Celtic
- муринъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian