mouro.
Moorish
Meaning & usage
Moorish
dark colored; dark purple; black
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).
humanoid supernatural being that usually dwells in the netherworld
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).
Moor
by extension, an Arab or a Muslim person
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).
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