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more · determiner, adverb, pronoun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mē-“many”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*maizô“more”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*maiʀō
4. Old English · inherited frommāra“more”
5. Middle English · inherited frommore
6. English todaymore

From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).

more · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*merk-“edible herb, tuber”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*murhǭ“carrot”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*morhā
4. Old English · inherited frommore
5. Middle English · inherited frommore
6. English todaymore

From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”). Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

more · verb³

1. Middle English · inherited frommoren
2. English todaymore

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

more · noun⁴

Back-formation from mores.

More · proper noun⁵

1. Moore · derived frommoore“Moore language”
2. French · borrowed frommooré
3. English todayMore

From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).

More · proper noun⁶

1. Sanskrit · derived fromमयूर
2. Marathi · derived fromमोर“peacock”
3. Latin · derived fromMaurus
4. Old French · derived frommore“Moor”
5. English todayMore

* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore. * As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”). * As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 10ᵗʰc. To a greater degree or extent.
• from 13ᵗʰc. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
• from 10ᵗʰc. In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
• from 13ᵗʰc.; standard until 18ᵗʰc. Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.