Etymology

perimovement

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Today it means: Before and after a movement of the body Full definition →

English movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  6. Proto-Italic*moweō
  7. Latinmovēre
  8. Old Frenchmovoir
  9. Old Frenchmovement
  10. Middle Englishmevement
  11. Englishmovement
  12. English todayperimovement

From peri- + movement.

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