Etymograph

English

unemotioned

Unemotioned comes from Middle French esmouvoir ‘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 CEmoveō1‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmoveō1‘to move out or away, remove’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exmovēre1reconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400esmovoir1‘to move’
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esmouvoir1‘to move’
  9. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600emotion1
  10. English1500–presentemotion1
  11. Englishtodayunemotioned1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English unemotioned

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English unemotionedreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmoveōWiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move out or away, remove’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exmovēreWiktionary, English unemotionedreconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400esmovoirWiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move’
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esmouvoirWiktionary, English unemotioned‘to move’
  9. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600emotionWiktionary, English unemotioned
  10. English1500–presentemotionWiktionary, English unemotioned
  11. EnglishtodayunemotionedWiktionary, English unemotioned

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, remover, 81 more

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

movement, mover, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, 84 more

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

mobile, auto, remove, promote, motor, mobility, remote, promotion, motive, motivate, mobilize, removable, motif, mobilization, mobilise, mobilisation, motility, motile, 63 more

through Middle French emotion

emotion, 5 more

through English emotion

emotional, emotionless, emote, 5 more

Today it means

adj impassive

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “unemotioned”. 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- / unemotioned

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