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Where does “moveir” come from?

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

moveir (Old French): Alternative form of movoir

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of movoir

Ancestry of “moveir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “moveir”

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