Etymology

amove

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Today it means: To set in motion; to stir up, excite. Full definition →

Middle English ameven ← Old French amovoir ← Anglo-Norman amover
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amove · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Anglo-Normanesmover?
  14. Anglo-Normanamover
  15. Old Frenchesmovoir?
  16. Old Frenchamovoir
  17. Middle Englishameven
  18. English todayamove

From Middle English amoven, ameven (“to excite”), from Old French amover (“to excite”).

amove · verb2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromamoveō“to remove”
  2. English todayamove

Borrowed from Latin amoveō (“to remove”).

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