removal
English
/ɹəˈmuːvəl/
noun
Definitions
- The process of moving, or the fact of being removed.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
- (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- (slang) Murder.
Etymology
Suffix from English remove root from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-
Gloss
move, drive, damp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiremoval English
- bioremoval English
- commotion English
- demote English
- emote English
- emoter English
- emoticon English
- emotion English
- emotionable English
- emotional English
- immovable English
- locomote English
- mobility English
- mobilization English
- mobilize English
- motile English
- motility English
- motionless English
- movability English
- movable English
- movableness English
- movably English
- moveless English
- movelessly English
- movelessness English
- mover English
- movie English
- movingly English
- movingness English
- overemote English
- premotion English
- promote English
- promotion English
- promotional English
- remoteness English
- removability English
- removable English
- removalist English
- remove English
- removeable English
- remover English
- removest English
- removeth English
- unmovable English
- unmoveable English
- motio Latin
- motivum Latin
- moveo Latin
- movere Latin
- moveō Latin
- movēre Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- mōtivus Latin
- mōtō Latin
- remotus Latin
- removēre, removeo Latin
- μυρίος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- remeven Middle English
- múnigid Old Irish
- movie
- emote
- mover
- emoter
- demote
- remove
- motile
- movable
- movably
- emotion
- promote
- remover
- removest
- locomote
- emoticon
- mobilize
- mobility
- moveless
- removeth
- movingly
- motility
- removable
- premotion
- unmovable
- emotional
- immovable
- overemote
- promotion
- commotion
- movability
- movelessly
- movingness
- bioremoval
- removeable
- motionless
- removalist
- remoteness
- unmoveable
- emotionable
- antiremoval
- movableness
- promotional
- mobilization
- removability
- movelessness