mo

Meanings

Adverb

• to a greater degree
• further, longer

Adjective

• Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
• more

Noun

• month
• moment
• a homosexual
• A moustache
• A molester.

Origin

• From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
• Abbreviation of month
• , itself a short form of homosexual.
• Pronunciation spelling of more as pronounced in non-rhotic dialects, notably African American Vernacular English. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo', ho#Etymology 2.
• Clipping.
• From mil, by analogy with do and gro.