movement

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
3. Proto-Italic*moweō
4. Latinmovēre
5. Old Frenchmovoir
6. Old Frenchmovement
7. Middle Englishmevement
8. English todaymovement

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

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