English
postmove
Postmove comes from Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-1‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō1‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēre1
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400mover1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moven1
- English1500–presentmove1
- Englishtodaypostmove1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English postmove
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English postmove‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English postmovereconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English postmove‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English postmove
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400moverWiktionary, English postmove
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500movenWiktionary, English postmove
- English1500–presentmoveWiktionary, English postmove
- EnglishtodaypostmoveWiktionary, English postmove
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, remover, 82 more
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
mobile, emotional, auto, promote, motor, promotion, remote, remove, emotion, momentum, mobility, motive, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 88 more
through Latin movēre
through English move
Today it means
adj After moving house.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “postmove”. 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- / postmove