English
mobility
Mobility comes from Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and ultimately from 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‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōbilis‘movable, loose’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōbilitās
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mobilité
- Englishearliest quotation 2015mobility
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōbilitās
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mobilité
- Englishearliest quotation 2015mobility
Earliest quotation: 2015, Hadley Freeman: “I find the enduring existence of high heels both…”
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, automotive, promoter, emotionless, 90 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
remove, emotional, auto, promote, motor, promotion, remote, emotion, motive, motivate, motif, removable, emote, motile, motility, 68 more
through Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’
Today it means
noun The ability to move; capacity for movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / mobility