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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmuerto moult/molt; to change, to mutate; to break
2Middle Frenchmuerto moult
3Old Frenchmuerto move
4LatinmutoI move, remove; I alter, change, modify,...
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Medieval Latin remutare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinremutare
2Latinmūtāre

Words derived from “remuer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius