Etymograph

English

more

More comes from Old English māra ‘more’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *maizô ‘more’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*maizô1‘more’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*maiʀō1reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150māra1‘more’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500more1
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485more1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English more
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1470–1485, Capitulum ii: “Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*maizôWiktionary, English more‘more’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*maiʀōWiktionary, English morereconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150māraWiktionary, English more‘more’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moreWiktionary, English more
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485moreWiktionary, English more. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1470–1485, Capitulum ii: “Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys…”

Linked words

through Old English māra

mair

Another origin of more

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*merk-‘edible herb, tuber’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*murhǭ‘carrot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*morhā‘wild carrot’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150more‘carrot, parsnip’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500more‘root’
  6. Englishtodaymore

Another origin of more

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moren
  2. Englishtodaymore

Today it means

det Additional; further.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “more”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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