English
Mooress
From Moor + -ess.
Formed from Moor + -ess
Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός ‘dark, dusky’
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Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος ‘Mauretanian’
Latin Maurus ‘a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant…’
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English Moor
Today it means
noun A female Moor; a Moorish woman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mooress