The story
- Medieval Greek · derived fromΜορέας
- Italian · borrowed fromMorea
- English todayMorea
From Latin and Italian Morea, from Medieval Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, “mulberry”) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.