English

move

/muːv/
To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

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    Origin

    From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian. See also Old English hrēran.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishmoven
      • borrowedOld Northern Frenchmovoir
        • inheritedLatinmoveō “move”
          • inheritedProto-Italic*moweō
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁- “to move, drive”

    Related: Lithuanian mauti, Sanskrit मीवति, Middle Dutch mouwe

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