English
mobilise
Mobilise comes from French mobiliser ‘to mobilize’, from Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’.
- 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‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōbilis‘movable, loose’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmobile
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmobiliser‘to mobilize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964mobilise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōbilis‘movable, loose’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmobile
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmobiliser‘to mobilize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964mobilise
Earliest quotation: 1964, News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?: “All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
move, momentum, promoter, emotionless, 90 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
remove, emotional, promote, motor, promotion, remote, emotion, automotive, motive, motivate, motif, removable, emote, motility, motile, 67 more
through Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’
through French mobile
Today it means
verb To make something mobile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / mobilise