Etymograph

English

remotion

Remotion comes from Latin remōtiō ‘withdrawal, putting back’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and ultimately from 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 CEmoveō1‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveō2‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtiō3‘withdrawal, putting back’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606remotion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin removeo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin remotio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English remotion
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “This act persuades me / That this remotion of…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, Latin removeo‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, Latin removeoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, Latin removeo‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, Latin removeo‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremoveōWiktionary, Latin remotio‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremōtiōWiktionary, English remotion‘withdrawal, putting back’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606remotionWiktionary, English remotion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “This act persuades me / That this remotion of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, 85 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

mobile, auto, promote, motor, mobility, emotional, promotion, motive, motivate, mobilize, motif, mobilization, mobilise, remover, mobilisation, motility, emotionless, emote, motile, 64 more

through Latin removeō ‘to remove, withdraw, take away, move back’

remove, removable, 3 more

Today it means

noun Backward motion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “remotion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin removeo, Latin remotio. 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- / remotion

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