More

more is a Quenya word meaning "dark(ness)".

more also perhaps have the same meaning in Telerin.

It is seen as mori- in compounds (see etymology below).

Etymology

Primitive Quendian mori (the short final i becoming e in Common Eldarin stage)Template:Or Root MOR.

From primitive mori, the i remains so in compounds: morequendi is wrong because *morikwendî > moriquendi.Template:Or

See also

• Morifinwë/Moryo = "Dark Finwë"
• Moriquendi/Moripendi = "Dark Elves"
• morimaitë = "black-handed"
• Moringotto = "Black Foe"
• Morion = "the dark one"
• morna = "dark, black"
• mornië = "darkness"

Cognates

• Sindarin môr

References

• The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger