Etymograph

English

admove

Admove comes from Latin admoveō ‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-1‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō1‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō1‘move’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmoveō2‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1646admove2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin admoveo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English admove
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1646, /50, Sir Thomas Browne: “Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, Latin admoveo‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, Latin admoveoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, Latin admoveo‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, Latin admoveo‘move’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmoveōWiktionary, English admove‘to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1646admoveWiktionary, English admove. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1646, /50, Sir Thomas Browne: “Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

remover, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

movement, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, mover, 83 more

through Latin moveō ‘move’

mobile, auto, emotional, promote, motor, promotion, remote, remove, emotion, mobility, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 64 more

Today it means

verb To move toward.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “admove”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin admoveo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / admove

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