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

Definitions

  1. to protest, complain

Ancestry of “moufter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouveterto budge
2Frenchmouvoirto move; to go around, to move about
3Middle Frenchmouvoirto move
4Old Frenchmovoirto move; to cause, set in motion; to move,...
5Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
6Proto-Italicmoweōto move
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveō →
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