Etymology

-more

Today it means: Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er. Full definition →

Middle English -more
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-more · suffix1

  1. Middle English · inherited from-more
  2. English today-more

From Middle English -more, -mor, from mor (“more”, adverb). Analogically formed to -most.

-more · suffix2

Identical with moor.

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