Etymology

outmove

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Today it means: To move faster or more skilfully than; to outmaneuver. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  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. Englishmove
  14. English todayoutmove

From out- + move.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.