Etymology

premovement

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Today it means: prior to movement Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmovēre
  13. Old Frenchmovoir
  14. Old Frenchmovement
  15. Middle Englishmevement
  16. Englishmovement
  17. English todaypremovement

From pre- + movement.

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