Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “movoir” come from?

movoir (Old French) comes from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

movoir (Old French): to move; to cause, set in motion; to move,...

Definitions

  1. to move; to cause, set in motion; to move,...

Ancestry of “movoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoveō—
2Proto-Italicmoweō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “movoir”

  • movement
  • countermovement
  • comovement
  • holomovement
  • nonmovement
  • multimovement
  • micromovement
  • submovement
  • premovement
  • postmovement
  • midmovement
  • aftermovement
  • Movement 2 June
  • mouvoir
  • mouvement
  • mouveter
  • moufter
  • mut
  • meus
  • movement
  • movant
  • movement
  • mouvoir
  • mouvman
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