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Where does “amotinar” come from?

amotinar (Spanish) comes from French mutiner, from French mutin, from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French muete, from Latin movita, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.

amotinar (Spanish): to incite into mutiny; to mutiny

Definitions

  1. to incite into mutiny; to mutiny

Ancestry of “amotinar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmutinerto mutiny
2Frenchmutinmutineer; mutinous; impish, mischievous
3Frenchmeutepack; mob
4Middle Frenchmeute—
5Old Frenchmuete—
6Latinmovita—
7Latinmoveō—
8Proto-Italicmoweō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →