Where does “movimiento” come from?
movimiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish mover, from Old Spanish mover, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
movimiento (Spanish): movement; transaction
Definitions
- movement; transaction
Ancestry of “movimiento”, step by step
movimiento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish mover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mover | to move; to shake; to wiggle |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mover | — |
| 3 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via Latin mōvimentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 2 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 3 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |