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Where does “prime mover” come from?

prime mover (English) comes from Latin primum mobile.

prime mover (English): The initial agent that is the cause of all...

Definitions

  1. The initial agent that is the cause of all...

Ancestry of “prime mover”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprimum mobile—
Every word from Latin primum mobile →