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Where does “émouvoir” come from?

émouvoir (French) comes from Middle French esmouvoir, from Old French esmouvoir, from Vulgar Latin exmovere, from Latin ēmoveō, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

émouvoir (French): to move emotionally; to touch

Definitions

  1. to move emotionally; to touch

Ancestry of “émouvoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchesmouvoirto move
2Old FrenchesmouvoirAlternative form of esmovoir
3Vulgar Latinexmovere—
4Latinēmoveō—
5Latinmoveō—
6Proto-Italicmoweō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “émouvoir”

  • emotional
  • emotion
  • emotionally
  • emotionality
  • unemotional
  • emotionless
  • emotionalism
  • socioemotional
  • emo
  • unemotionally
  • nonemotional
  • emoticon
  • overemotional
  • emotionlessly
  • emotionalist
  • emotioned
  • psychoemotional
  • emotionalize
  • emotionalization
  • emotionlessness
  • emotionology
  • hyperemotional
  • emotioning
  • emotionalistic
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