Etymograph

English

foremove

Foremove comes from Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’, 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 CEmovēre1
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover1
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven1
  7. English1500–presentmove1
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1775foremove1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English foremove
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1775, The Parliamentary Register: “[…] Assistant or Assistants or any other officer of…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English foremove‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English foremovereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English foremove‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English foremove
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400moverWiktionary, English foremove
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500movenWiktionary, English foremove
  7. English1500–presentmoveWiktionary, English foremove
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1775foremoveWiktionary, English foremove. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1775, The Parliamentary Register: “[…] Assistant or Assistants or any other officer of…”

Linked words

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

motion, 83 more

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

automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

mobile, auto, promote, emotional, promotion, motor, momentum, mobility, emotion, remote, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, motile, remover, emote, 88 more

through Latin movēre

movement, 23 more

through English move

mover, 10 more

Today it means

verb To move beforehand; move in advance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “foremove”. 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- / foremove

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