mora

mora · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*merh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European*morh₂éh₂
4. Proto-Italic*morā
5. Latinmora
6. English todaymora

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

mora · noun²

From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora.

mora · noun³

1. Ancient Greekμείρομαι (meíromai)
2. Ancient Greekμόρᾱ (mórā)
3. English todaymora

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).

Mora · proper noun⁴

From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.