morion

morion · noun¹

1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*murrum“muzzle, snout”
2. Spanish · derived frommorrión
3. Middle French · borrowed frommorion
4. English todaymorion

From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

morion · noun²

1. Latin · derived frommormoriōn
2. Late Latin · derived frommōrion
3. French · borrowed frommorion
4. English todaymorion

From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.
• from 18th c. A brown or black variety of quartz.