Mover
/ˈmuːvər/noun
A person or thing that moves something, or a force that causes movement.
Did you know?“Mover” ultimately descends from Latin *movere*, a root so powerful it also gave English words like *move*, *motion*, *emotion*, and *promote*—literally “to move forward.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meue-
“to push away, set in motion”
Latin
Latin
movere
“to move, set in motion”
Late Latin
Latin
mōtor
“a mover, mover of something”
Old French
Old French
movoir
“to move”
Middle English
English
mover
“one who moves or causes movement”
Modern English
English
mover
“a person or thing that moves something, or a force that causes movement”