1620s, an old measure of land in Holland (hence also in South Africa and colonial New York and New Jersey), roughly two acres but sometimes less, probably identical with Dutch morgen "morning" (see morn) and meaning "the amount of land one man can plow in a morning."
moreover
mores
Moresco
Morgan
morganatic
morgen
morgue
*mori-
moribund
Morisco
morituri te salutant