English
mover
Mover comes from Latin movēre, from Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’, 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 CEmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
- English1500–presentmove
- Englishearliest quotation 1990mover
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 CEmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
- English1500–presentmove
- Englishearliest quotation 1990mover
Earliest quotation: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders: “The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate…”
A compound of move + -er
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, 84 more
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
mobile, auto, emotional, promote, motor, promotion, remote, emotion, remove, momentum, mobility, motive, motivate, mobilization, motif, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 89 more
through Latin movēre
Today it means
noun Someone who or something that moves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / mover