Message: "Re: Mavros" - Behind the Name

Re: Mavros

by Anon. (guest)

5/24/2004, 11:55 AM

The word mavros originally referred to natives of Mauretania. Mavros and Latin Maurus may derive ultimately from an ancient North African language. The natural Greek word for the colour black is melas (melanos). I think '(dark as a) Moor' is a more precise interpretation of this surname than just 'black'.

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