mor.
head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
Meaning & usage
head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
principal; main (foremost in importance)
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Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moor, maor, from Latin maior. Doublet of maior and major.
apheretic form of amor, now especially in the prepositional phrase por mor de or as a term of address
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin amōrem Old Galician-Portuguese amor Portuguese amorclip. Portuguese mor Clipping of amor.
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