Moor
Dutch (Brabantic)
/moːr/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A Moor member of a Berber people from western North Africa, ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages.
- (archaic) A black person, a negro.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch moor derived from Old French maure derived from Latin Maurus (a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Moor) derived 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
- Mauritania Latin
- Maurus Latin
- Maure German
- mór Hungarian
- kop Dutch, Flemish
- moorkop Dutch, Flemish
- 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
- moor Middle Dutch
- Mōr Old High German
- mouro Old Portuguese
- муринъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian