premovement

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adjective

prior to movement

OriginEnglish movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement →
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Meanings

adjectivepremovement (not comparable)
  1. not comparableprior to movement

Origin

  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. Englishpremovement

From pre- + movement.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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