English
postmovement
Postmovement comes from Old French movoir ‘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 Frenchc. 842–1400movoir1‘to move’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400movement1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevement1
- English1500–presentmovement1
- Englishearliest quotation 2008postmovement1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English postmovement
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Holland Cotter, Scaling a Minimalist Wall With Bright, Shiny Colors: “Let the art historical record show, in the postmovement…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English postmovement‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English postmovementreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English postmovement‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English postmovement
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400movoirWiktionary, English postmovement‘to move’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400movementWiktionary, English postmovement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mevementWiktionary, English postmovement
- English1500–presentmovementWiktionary, English postmovement
- Englishearliest quotation 2008postmovementWiktionary, English postmovement. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Holland Cotter, Scaling a Minimalist Wall With Bright, Shiny Colors: “Let the art historical record show, in the postmovement…”
A compound of post- + movement
Proto-Indo-European *pós ‘afterwards, post-’
Proto-Indo-European *pósti ‘after’
Proto-Italic *posti ‘behind, after’
Old Latin poste
Latin post ‘after, behind’
English post-
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’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, remover, 82 more
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
mobile, auto, promote, emotional, motor, promotion, remote, remove, mobility, emotion, motive, momentum, motivate, motif, mobilization, mobilize, removable, mover, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, motile, emote, 88 more
through Latin movēre
Today it means
adj After a physical movement.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “postmovement”. 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- / postmovement