Where does “remuer” come from?
remuer (French) comes from French muer, from Middle French muer, from Old French muer, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
remuer (French): to move; to twitch, flick; to swing
Definitions
- to move; to twitch, flick; to swing
Ancestry of “remuer”, step by step
remuer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French muer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | muer | to moult/molt; to change, to mutate; to break |
| 2 | Middle French | muer | to moult |
| 3 | Old French | muer | to move |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |