English
remote
Remote comes from Middle English remote, from Old French remot, from Latin remōtus ‘distant’, past participle of removeō ‘to remove’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōas movere‘to move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtus‘distant’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remot
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remote
- Englishearliest quotation 2010remote
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōas movere‘to move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtus‘distant’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remot
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remote
- Englishearliest quotation 2010remote
Earliest quotation: 2010, Bill English: “These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into…”
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, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 86 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move’
mobile, auto, emotional, promotion, motor, remove, promote, mobility, emotion, motive, mobilization, motivate, mobilize, motif, removable, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, motile, 66 more
Today it means
adj At a distance; disconnected.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin moveō / remote