Moor comes from Moorish which means black. WHY people always tryna discredit African people smh. Its. A whole bunch of pictures of moors and even paintings of Columbus with a moor next to him. They black as hell. its 2016 you can't deny facts anymore. The origin of the English term, "Moor," is the Greek word, "μαυρο" or "mavro" which literally means "black, blackened or charred" and has long been used to describe black or very dark things such as, "Mavri Thalassa" which refers to the Black Sea or "mavri spilia" which means "black cave." They literally are calling themselves black and people are still arguing lol. Pathetic