Etymograph

English

hypermotile

Hypermotile comes from Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, 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‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtus1
  6. English1500–presentmotile1
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2016hypermotile1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English hypermotile
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild: “Others saw this and realized my approach was much…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English hypermotile‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English hypermotilereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English hypermotile‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, English hypermotile‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtusWiktionary, English hypermotile
  6. English1500–presentmotileWiktionary, English hypermotile
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2016hypermotileWiktionary, English hypermotile. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild: “Others saw this and realized my approach was much…”

Linked words

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

motion, remover, 82 more

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

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 85 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

remove, auto, mobile, emotional, promote, motor, remote, promotion, mobility, emotion, removable, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, mobilise, emote, 64 more

through Latin mōtus

automotive, motive, motivate, motif, 17 more

through English motile

motility, 6 more

Today it means

adj Abnormally or excessively motile.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hypermotile”. 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- / hypermotile

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