It has been stated that this word was derived from the Greek wordmormo.This is not the case. There was no Greek or Latin upon the plates from which I, through the grace of God, translated the Book of Mormon. ... We say from the Saxon,good;the Dane,god;the Goth,goda;the German,gut;the Dutch,goed;the Latin,bonus;the Greek,\alos; the Hebrew,fob;and the Egyptian,mon.Hence, with the addition ofmore,or the contractionmor,we have the word Mormon; which means, literally,more good.%
