movant

English

Alternative forms

• movent

Etymology

Etymology tree

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 move

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Old French -antbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-andz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ant

English -ant

English movant

From move + -ant.

Noun

movant (plural movants)

1. (law) The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.

Derived terms

• nonmovant

Old French

Verb

movant

1. present participle of movoir