Where does “mover” come from?

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

mover (Portuguese): to move; to induce; to persuade; to sue

Definitions

  1. to move; to induce; to persuade; to sue

Ancestry of “mover”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemover—
2Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
3Proto-Italicmoweōto move
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “mover”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveō →