Etymograph

English

premove

Premove 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. Englishearliest quotation 1703premove

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. Englishearliest quotation 1703premove

Earliest quotation: 1703, James Webster: “The succeſs that the Presbyterians had in the late…”

A compound of pre- + move

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

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, 83 more

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

automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

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

through Latin movēre

movement, 23 more

through English move

mover, 10 more

Today it means

noun On certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.

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

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

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