Etymology

commove

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Today it means: To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse Full definition →

Middle English commoeven ← Old French commovoir
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  1. Old French · derived fromcommovoir
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcommoeven
  3. English todaycommove

From Middle English commoeven, from Old French commovoir.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.