English
mo
Mo (as in ‘half a mo’) is a clipping of moment.
- English1500–presentmoment
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1380mo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentmoment
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1380mo
Earliest quotation: c. 1380, William Langland: “With that ran there a route of ratones at…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- ‘good, great’
almost, mature, maturity, mistress, mat, maturation, maduro, matinee, demure, magisterial, matin, mañana, 19 more
through Proto-Germanic *maiz ‘more, to a greater degree’
Today it means
adv To a greater degree.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English moment / mo