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