Etymology

multimove

M3U1L1T1I1M3O1V4E1

Today it means: Involving more than one move. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmovēre
  12. Old Northern Frenchmover
  13. Middle Englishmoven
  14. Englishmove
  15. English todaymultimove

From multi- + move.

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