Etymology

morisco

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Today it means: A Moor, especially one who had converted to Christianity. Full definition →

Spanish morisco
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommorisco“Moorish”
  2. English todayMorisco

Borrowed from Spanish morisco (“Moorish”), from moro (“Moor”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.