Etymograph

English

hypomotile

Hypomotile comes from Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtus
  6. English1500–presentmotile
  7. Englishtodayhypomotile

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtus
  6. English1500–presentmotile
  7. Englishtodayhypomotile

A compound of hypo- + motile

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

Latin mōtus

English motile

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, remover, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 85 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

remove, auto, mobile, emotional, motor, promote, remote, promotion, mobility, emotion, removable, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, mobilise, emote, 65 more

through Latin mōtus

motive, motivate, motif, 18 more

through English motile

motility, 6 more

Today it means

adj Less than usually motile

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / hypomotile

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