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late 19th century: abbreviation of moment.
wiktionary
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.
Clipping of moment.
Clipping of homo, 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'(“for; four”), ho(“whore”).
Short for moustache.
Clipping.
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
etymonline
mo
representing African-American vernacular pronunciation of more, by 1902; it was an acceptable variant form of more in the Middle Ages and has roots in Old English; see more.
