English
removable
Removable 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
- Englishearliest quotation 1958removable
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, take away’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400removoir‘to separate’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400remover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500removen
- English1500–presentremove
- Englishearliest quotation 1958removable
Earliest quotation: 1958, Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive: “Five of these sections are covered by removable roof…”
A compound of remove + -able
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’
mobile, auto, promote, emotional, motor, promotion, mobility, remote, emotion, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 66 more
Today it means
adj Able to be removed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / removable