Etymology

movingness

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Today it means: The power or property of moving; momentum. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchmover
  6. Middle Englishmoven
  7. Englishmoving
  8. English todaymovingness

From moving + -ness.

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