English
remew
Remew comes from Old French remuer, from Latin mutō ‘to move, remove’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-1‘to exchange’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmutō2as mutare‘to move, remove’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500remutare2
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remuer2
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remewen2
- Englishearliest quotation 1600remew2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin muto
- 2 Wiktionary, English remew
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso: “But with that faith wherewith he could remew /…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-Wiktionary, Latin muto‘to exchange’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmutōWiktionary, English remewas mutare‘to move, remove’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500remutareWiktionary, English remew
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remuerWiktionary, English remew
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remewenWiktionary, English remew
- Englishearliest quotation 1600remewWiktionary, English remew. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso: “But with that faith wherewith he could remew /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’
miss, message, mad, commit, mess, madden, intermittent, premise, omit, transmutation, misnomer, commutation, transmute, 17 more
through Latin mutō ‘to move, remove’
mute, mutant, mutation, immutable, mutate, commutative, mutable, molt, moult, 12 more
Today it means
verb To remove.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “remew”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin muto. 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 *meyth₂- / remew