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

moven traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French moveir

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

via Old French mouver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmouver—
2Old Frenchmovoirto move; to cause, set in motion; to move,...
3Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
4Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-to move

via Old French mover

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmoverAlternative form of movoir

Words derived from “moven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →