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Where does “movimento” come from?

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

movimento (Portuguese): movement; the flow of people or vehicles in a...

Definitions

  1. movement; the flow of people or vehicles in a...

Ancestry of “movimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemoverto move; to induce; to persuade; to sue
2Old Portuguesemover—
3Latinmoveō—
4Proto-Italicmoweō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →