English
foremove
Foremove comes from Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’, 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 CEmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
- English1500–presentmove
- Englishearliest quotation 1775foremove
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 CEmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
- English1500–presentmove
- Englishearliest quotation 1775foremove
Earliest quotation: 1775, The Parliamentary Register: “[…] Assistant or Assistants or any other officer of…”
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move, drive’
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Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
Latin moveō ‘move’
Old Northern French mover ‘to move’
Middle English moven
English move
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 83 more
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
mobile, auto, promote, emotional, promotion, motor, momentum, mobility, emotion, remote, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, motile, remover, emote, 88 more
through Latin movēre
through English move
Today it means
verb To move beforehand; move in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / foremove