English
Moors
Moors comes from Dutch Moors ‘Moorish’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentMoors‘Moorish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Dutchc. 1500–presentMoors‘Moorish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10same form
Earliest quotation: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake: “[I]t was decided that we should stop to let…”
Formed from Moor + -s
Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός ‘dark, dusky’
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Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος ‘Mauretanian’
Latin Maurus ‘a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant…’
Old French More
Middle English More
English Moor
Every English word from Dutch Moors
Today it means
name Hindustani; Urdu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch Moors / Moors