Etymograph

English

multimove

Multimove 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. Englishtodaymultimove1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English multimove

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English multimove‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English multimovereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English multimove‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English multimove
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400moverWiktionary, English multimove
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500movenWiktionary, English multimove
  7. English1500–presentmoveWiktionary, English multimove
  8. EnglishtodaymultimoveWiktionary, English multimove

A compound of multi- + move

Latin multus ‘much’

Latin multī

English multi-

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

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Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

Latin moveō ‘move’

Old Northern French mover ‘to move’

Middle English moven

English move

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, remover, emotionless, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

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

through Latin movēre

movement, 23 more

through English move

mover, 10 more

Today it means

adj Involving more than one move.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “multimove”. 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- / multimove

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