Etymograph

English

transmove

Transmove 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. Englishearliest quotation 1590transmove1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English transmove
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Edmund Spenser, (please specify the book): “That to a centaure did himselfe transmove”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English transmove‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English transmovereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English transmove‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmovēreWiktionary, English transmove
  5. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400moverWiktionary, English transmove
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500movenWiktionary, English transmove
  7. English1500–presentmoveWiktionary, English transmove
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1590transmoveWiktionary, English transmove. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Edmund Spenser, (please specify the book): “That to a centaure did himselfe transmove”

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, 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

movement, 23 more

through English move

mover, 10 more

Today it means

verb To move or change from one state into another; to transform.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “transmove”. 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- / transmove

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