Morion Definition

Origin of Morion

• French from Spanish morrión from morro snout, thick lip, rounded end of an object probably from Vulgar Latin murrum snout, of imitative origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• French from a postclassical Latin misreading of Latin mormorion a kind of dark precious stone perhaps from an unattested Greek word of unknown origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle French morion, and its source, Spanish morrión, probably from morra (“crown of the head"). Perhaps compare moraine.

  From Wiktionary

• From French morion, from Late Latin morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormorion.

  From Wiktionary