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English

more

/mɔː/
Additional; further.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).

    Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”).

    Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

    Etymology 3

    From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishmore
      • inheritedOld Englishmāra “more”
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*maiʀō
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*maizô “more”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*mē- “many”
      • inheritedOld Englishmore
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*morhā
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*murhǭ “carrot”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*merk- “edible herb, tuber”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishmoren
      • inheritedOld English*mārian
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*mairōn “to moor, fasten to”

    Related: Scots mair, Saterland Frisian moor, West Frisian mear, Dutch meer, Low German mehr, German mehr, Danish mere, Swedish mera, Norwegian Bokmål mer, Norwegian Nynorsk meir, fo,is meira, Old Saxon moraha, Old High German morha, German Möhre

    Words built on it: more-than

    Meanings

    det
    1. Additional; further.
    2. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
    adv
    1. To a greater degree or extent.
    2. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
    3. In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
    4. Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.
    pron
    1. A greater number or quantity (of something).
    2. An extra or additional quantity (of something).
    noun
    1. A carrot; a parsnip.
    2. A root; stock.
    3. A plant; flower; shrub.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: more