Etymograph

English

outmove

Outmove comes from Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’, 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 CEmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
  7. English1500–presentmove
  8. Englishtodayoutmove

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 CEmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven
  7. English1500–presentmove
  8. Englishtodayoutmove

A compound of out- + move

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

English out-

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’

motion, 82 more

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

automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, remover, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

mobile, emotional, promote, motor, promotion, auto, remote, remove, emotion, momentum, mobility, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 88 more

through Latin movēre

movement, 23 more

through English move

mover, 10 more

Today it means

verb To move faster or more skilfully than; to outmaneuver.

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

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