Etymograph

English

vasomotive

Vasomotive comes from Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, 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 CEmōtus1
  6. Late Latinmodernmōtīvum1
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motif1
  8. English1500–presentmotive1
  9. Englishtodayvasomotive1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English vasomotive

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English vasomotive‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English vasomotivereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English vasomotive‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, English vasomotive‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtusWiktionary, English vasomotive
  6. Late LatinmodernmōtīvumWiktionary, English vasomotive
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motifWiktionary, English vasomotive
  8. English1500–presentmotiveWiktionary, English vasomotive
  9. EnglishtodayvasomotiveWiktionary, English vasomotive

Linked words

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

motion, remover, 82 more

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

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

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

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

mobile, auto, remove, emotional, motor, promote, remote, mobility, promotion, emotion, mobilize, mobilization, removable, mobilisation, mobilise, emote, 64 more

through Latin mōtus

motif, motility, motile, 17 more

through English motive

automotive, motivate, 7 more

Today it means

adj —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vasomotive”. 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- / vasomotive

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