English
mobilization
Mobilization comes from French mobilisation ‘mobilisation, call-up, draft’, 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmobilisation‘mobilisation, call-up, draft’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018mobilization
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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmobilisation‘mobilisation, call-up, draft’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018mobilization
Earliest quotation: 2018, Chris Hayes: “It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all…”
Formed from mobilize + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
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Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’
French mobile
French mobiliser ‘to mobilize’
English mobilize
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, 89 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
remove, promote, motor, remote, emotional, promotion, automotive, motive, emotion, motivate, removable, motif, emote, motility, motile, 66 more
through Latin mōbilis ‘movable, loose’
through French mobile
through French mobilisation ‘mobilisation, call-up, draft’
Today it means
noun The act of mobilizing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / mobilization