Etymology

Maori

Mao·ri
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Today it means: A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Full definition →

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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed frommāori“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”
  2. English todayMaori

Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.