mor
Portuguese
/ˈmɔɾ/, /ˈmoɾ/
adj
Definitions
- (in titles) head; chief; main foremost in rank
- principal; main foremost in importance
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese moor inherited from Latin māior (principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger).
Origin
Latin
māior
Gloss
principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- Major German
- majeur French
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- mente Portuguese
- mormente Portuguese
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- maior Galician
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- maiur Istriot