Where does “mover” come from?

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

mover (Old French): Alternative form of movoir

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of movoir

Ancestry of “mover”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mover

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-
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