Where does “esmouvoir” come from?

esmouvoir (Middle French) comes from Old French esmouvoir, from Vulgar Latin exmovere, from Latin ēmoveō, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

esmouvoir (Middle French): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “esmouvoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchesmouvoirAlternative form of esmovoir
2Vulgar Latinexmovere
3Latinēmoveōto move out or away, remove; dislodge; expel
4Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
5Proto-Italicmoweōto move
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “esmouvoir

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveō