< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/movita
Latin
Etymology
Substantivization of the feminine of *movitus ("moved", passive participle).
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA(key): /ˈmɔβeta/
Noun
*movita f
- motion
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: mouda, môda
- Old French: mote, muete
- French: meute
- Old Occitan: mauta, mouta
- Old Spanish: muebda
- Uncertain:
- >? Catalan: mota
- >? Italian: motta
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*movita”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 171