Etymograph

English

holomovement

Holomovement comes from Old French movoir ‘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 Frenchc. 842–1400movoir1‘to move’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400movement1
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevement1
  8. English1500–presentmovement1
  9. Englishtodayholomovement1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English holomovement

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English holomovement‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English holomovementreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English holomovement‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English holomovement
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400movoirWiktionary, English holomovement‘to move’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400movementWiktionary, English holomovement
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevementWiktionary, English holomovement
  8. English1500–presentmovementWiktionary, English holomovement
  9. EnglishtodayholomovementWiktionary, English holomovement

A compound of holo- + movement

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós

Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’

English holo-

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

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Latin moveō ‘to move’

Old French movoir ‘to move’

Old French movement

Middle English mevement

English movement

Linked words

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

motion, 82 more

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

automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, remover, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

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

through Latin movēre

move, 24 more

Today it means

noun According to the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics, the holistic idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “holomovement”. 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.

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