English
remove
Remove comes from Anglo-Norman remover, from Old French removoir, from Latin removeō ‘to remove’, from re- + moveō ‘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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400removoir‘to separate’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400remover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500removen
- Englishearliest quotation 1485remove
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō‘to remove’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400removoir‘to separate’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400remover
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500removen
- Englishearliest quotation 1485remove
Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, vj: “THenne the kynge dyd doo calle syre Gawayne /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
movement, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, mover, emotionless, 85 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
mobile, auto, promote, emotional, motor, promotion, mobility, emotion, remote, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, motile, emote, 66 more
Today it means
verb To delete.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / remove