Etymology

holomovement

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Today it means: According to the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics, the holistic idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming. Full definition →

English movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂wós
  3. Ancient Greekὅλος (hólos)
  4. Englishholo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*moweō
  8. Latinmovēre
  9. Old Frenchmovoir
  10. Old Frenchmovement
  11. Middle Englishmevement
  12. Englishmovement
  13. English todayholomovement

From holo- + movement.

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