English
remotion
Remotion comes from Latin remōtiō ‘withdrawal, putting back’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, 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 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtiō‘withdrawal, putting back’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606remotion
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 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtiō‘withdrawal, putting back’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606remotion
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “This act persuades me / That this remotion of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, 85 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
mobile, auto, promote, motor, mobility, emotional, promotion, motive, motivate, mobilize, motif, mobilization, mobilise, remover, mobilisation, motility, emotionless, emote, motile, 64 more
through Latin removeō ‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’
Today it means
noun Backward motion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / remotion