Where does “moufter” come from?
moufter (French) comes from French mouveter, from French mouvoir, from Middle French mouvoir, from Old French movoir, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
moufter (French): to protest, complain
Ancestry of “moufter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mouveter | — |
| 2 | French | mouvoir | to move; to go around, to move about |
| 3 | Middle French | mouvoir | to move |
| 4 | Old French | movoir | to move; to cause, set in motion; to move,... |
| 5 | Latin | moveō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | moweō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |