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Where does “antiémeute” come from?

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

antiémeute (French): anti-riot

Definitions

  1. anti-riot

Ancestry of “antiémeute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémeuteriot; chaos, disorder
2Frenchémouvoirto move emotionally; to touch
3Middle Frenchesmouvoirto move
4Old FrenchesmouvoirAlternative form of esmovoir
5Vulgar Latinexmovere—
6Latinēmoveō—
7Latinmoveō—
8Proto-Italicmoweō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →