mulberry

mulberry · noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*baʀi
2. Latin · derived frommōrus
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi
4. Middle Low German · derived frommulbere“mulberry”
5. Old English · inherited frommōrberġe“mulberry”
6. Middle English · inherited frommulbery
7. English todaymulberry

From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”).

Mulberry · proper noun²

1. Irish · derived fromÓ Maoilbhearaigh“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”
2. English todayMulberry

Two main origins of surname: * A variant of Mowbray, altered by folk etymology. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilbhearaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”).

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