Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “moven” come from?

moven (Middle English) comes from Old French moveir, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

Ancestry of “moven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmoveirAlternative form of movoir
2Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
3LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
4Proto-Italicmoweō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “moven”

  • move
  • mover
  • moveth
  • moveless
  • countermove
  • movest
  • movability
  • earthmover
  • moveout
  • movelessness
  • movelessly
  • multimove
  • premove
  • comove
  • mismove
  • postmove
  • outmove
  • unmove
  • nonmover
  • inmove
  • foremove
  • transmove
  • moveset
  • muf
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