Where does “mouvement” come from?

mouvement (French) comes 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.

mouvement (French): movement; motion

Definitions

  1. movement; motion

Ancestry of “mouvement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouvoirto move; to go around, to move about
2Middle Frenchmouvoirto move
3Old Frenchmovoirto move; to cause, set in motion; to move,...
4Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
5Proto-Italicmoweōto move
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “mouvement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveō →