Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-moving

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
self---mov-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Moving by or of itself.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English moving English self-moving From self- + moving.

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Questions

What does self-moving mean?
Moving by or of itself.
Where does self-moving come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English moving English self-moving From self- + moving.

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