earthmover

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noun

A vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.

OriginEnglish mover ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover →
RareScrabble 18
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Meanings

nounearthmover (plural earthmovers)

plural earthmovers

  1. A vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁er-
  2. Proto-Germanic*erþō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*erþu
  4. Old Englisheorþe
  5. Middle Englisherthe
  6. Englishearth
  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. Englishmover
  15. Englishearthmover

From earth + mover.

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Translations

Finnish maansiirtokone
  • maansiirtokonevehicle
Indonesian pemindah tanah
  • pemindah tanahvehicle
Cite this entry
APA

earthmover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthmover

MLA

“earthmover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthmover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthmover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthmover.

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