Where does “mouvman” come from?

mouvman (Haitian Creole) comes from French mouvement, 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.

mouvman (Haitian Creole): movement

Definitions

  1. movement

Ancestry of “mouvman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmouvementmovement; motion
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 →