ameven

Middle English

Alternative forms

• amoeven, amoven, amove, ammeve

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Latin ēmoveō

Vulgar Latin *exmovēre

Old French esmovoir

Anglo-Norman esmover?

Anglo-Norman amoverbor.

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Old French esmovoir?

Old French amovoirbor.

Middle English ameven

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amover and Old French amovoir, likely variants of esmover and esmovoir respectively; equivalent to a- +‎ meven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːvən/, /aˈmoːvən/

Verb

ameven

1. to (emotionally) move; to incite
2. to remove, dismiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of ameven (weak in -ede)

infinitive	(to) ameven, ameve
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ameve	ameved(e)
2nd-person singular	amevest	amevedest
3rd-person singular	ameveth	ameved(e)
subjunctive singular	ameve
imperative singular		—
plural1	ameven, ameve	ameveden, ameved(e)
imperative plural	ameveth, ameve	—
participles	amevynge, amevende	ameved, yameved

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: amove
• Yola: ameve

References

• “amẹ̄ven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “amove, v.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2025.