Where does “moveō” come from?

moveō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

moveō (Latin): to move, stir, set in motion

Definitions

  1. to move, stir, set in motion

Ancestry of “moveō”, step by step

moveō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic moweō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmoweōto move
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-to move

Words derived from “moveō”

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