Where does “remove” come from?
Remove comes from Anglo-Norman remover, from Middle English remeven, with the sense of "move back or away."
remove (English): To delete; To move something from one place to...
Definitions
- To delete; To move something from one place to...
Ancestry of “remove”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | removen | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | remover | Alternative form of removoir |
Words derived from “remove”