English
removability
Removability comes from Old French removoir ‘to separate’, from Latin removeō ‘to remove, take away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’.
- 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, take away’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400removoir‘to separate’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400remover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500removen
- English1500–presentremove
- Englishtodayremovability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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, take away’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400removoir‘to separate’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400remover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500removen
- English1500–presentremove
- Englishtodayremovability
A compound of remove + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
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Latin removeō ‘to remove’
Old French removoir ‘to separate’
Anglo-Norman remover
Middle English removen
English remove
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, automotive, automobile, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 86 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
auto, promote, emotional, mobile, motor, promotion, remote, emotion, motive, motivate, mobility, motif, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, emote, mobilise, motile, motility, 66 more
Today it means
noun The state of being removable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / removability