DictionaryRoot: movere
Latin
movere
move
Forms
- movere
- mot- — The changed form used for completed action and its derivatives.
- mov- — The form retained before other endings.
Origin
From an older Indo-European root commonly reconstructed as *mew-, “move.”
Note
Physical movement readily supplied a model for emotion and motivation.
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verb / noun
move
MOOV/muːv/
To change position or location.
Etymology
Latin movere covers both moving and setting something in motion. English preserves that distinction: a person can change position, or cause another thing to change position.