remover

/remoˈbeɾ/ · B2 · verb

to remove, to take away, to move

🥄 re- (again) + mover (move): keep moving it again and again, like stirring

Remover comes from Latin removēre: re- (back, again) + movēre (to move). Stirring is moving a liquid around repeatedly, and moving something away gives the senses remove, take away, and dismiss. Compare English remove and move.

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