"to move" in seven languages
Meaningto move
Spanish
/moˈbeɾ/
inherited
Moverse when you move yourself; 'to move house' is mudarse.
French
/buʒe/
other source · Vulgar Latin *BULLICĀRE 'to bubble, stir', from BULLĪRE 'to boil'
Mouvoir, from MOVĒRE, survives only in formal style; moving an object is usually déplacer.
Italian
/ˈmwɔvere/
inherited
Muoversi when you move yourself; 'to move house' is traslocare.
Portuguese
/meˈʃeh/
other source · Latin MISCĒRE 'to mix, stir'
Mover (MOVĒRE) exists too, for moving things and in formal use; for the body Brazilians say mexer-se.
Romanian
/miʃˈka/
other source · spoken Latin, a derivative of MISCĒRE 'to mix, stir'
Catalan
/ˈmɔwɾə/
inherited
English
/muv/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French mover, from Latin MOVĒRE
The Latin ancestor
MOVĒRE‘to move’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Short O split into ue / uo under stress: Spanish mueve, Italian muove. Italian spread the diphthong to the infinitive too. Everyday French says 'to bubble', bouger.
English relatives: motion, motor, emotion, mobile
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In a sentence
- es¡No te muevas!
- frNe bouge pas !
- itNon muoverti!
- ptNão se mexa!
- roNu te mișca!
- caNo et moguis!
- enDon't move!
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