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Where does the word "remove" come from? It comes from Latin removere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).
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Where does the word "remove" come from? It comes from Latin removere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).
Remove’s story begins in Latin: removere meant “to move back, to take away.” To move back, to take away, from re- (back) and movere (to move). It reached English by 1300s as remove. Settled as the English word for taking something away or off. Today, remove means to take something away or off from its position.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient removere "to move back, to take away", to move back, to take away, from re- (back) and movere (to move).
- Stage 2 · English · 1300s remove "to take something away or off", settled as the English word for taking something away or off.