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Move

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to change position or location, or to stir someone's emotions
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Stage 1 of 3
movere
Latin · ancient
"to move, to set in motion"
to move, to set in motion
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Stage 2 of 3
movoir
Old French · medieval
"to change position, or to stir emotion"
carried into French for changing position or stirring emotion
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Stage 3 of 3
move
English · 1200s
"to change position, or to stir emotion"
settled as the English word for changing position or stirring emotion
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