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Move comes from Middle English moven, from Old Northern French mover ‘to move’, from Latin moveō ‘move’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move, drive’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-¹‘to move, drive’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. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover¹‘to move’
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven¹
7. Englishearliest quotation 1485move¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English move
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur: “"Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve…”.