Where does “primum mobile” come from?
primum mobile (English) comes from Middle English primum mobile, from Late Latin primum mobile, from Latin mobile, from Latin mobilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
primum mobile (English): The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in...
Definitions
- The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in...
Ancestry of “primum mobile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | primum mobile | outermost celestial sphere causing other spheres... |
| 2 | Late Latin | primum mobile | — |
| 3 | Latin | mobile | nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | mobilis | movable, loose; pliant, flexible; fickle,... |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |