Etymology

earthmoving

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Today it means: Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes. Full definition →

English moving ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁er-
  2. Proto-Germanic*erþō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*erþu
  4. Old Englisheorþe
  5. Middle Englisherthe
  6. Englishearth
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmovēre
  11. Old Northern Frenchmover
  12. Middle Englishmoven
  13. Englishmoving
  14. English todayearthmoving

From earth + moving.

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