English
admove
Admove comes from Latin admoveō ‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmoveō‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646admove
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmoveō‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646admove
Earliest quotation: 1646, /50, Sir Thomas Browne: “Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
movement, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, mover, 83 more
through Latin moveō ‘move’
mobile, auto, emotional, promote, motor, promotion, remote, remove, emotion, mobility, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 64 more
Today it means
verb To move toward.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / admove