English
postmovement
Postmovement comes from Old French movoir ‘to move’, and goes back to 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 Frenchc. 842–1400movoir‘to move’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400movement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevement
- English1500–presentmovement
- Englishearliest quotation 2008postmovement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 Frenchc. 842–1400movoir‘to move’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400movement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevement
- English1500–presentmovement
- Englishearliest quotation 2008postmovement
Earliest quotation: 2008, Holland Cotter, Scaling a Minimalist Wall With Bright, Shiny Colors: “Let the art historical record show, in the postmovement…”
A compound of post- + movement
Proto-Indo-European *pós ‘afterwards, post-’
Proto-Indo-European *pósti ‘after’
Proto-Italic *posti ‘behind, after’
Old Latin poste
Latin post ‘after, behind’
English post-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
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Latin moveō ‘to move’
Old French movoir ‘to move’
Old French movement
Middle English mevement
English movement
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, remover, 82 more
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
mobile, auto, promote, emotional, motor, promotion, remote, remove, mobility, emotion, motive, momentum, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mover, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, motile, emote, 88 more
through Latin movēre
Today it means
adj After a physical movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / postmovement