mov/mot/mob

move

Spelled mob, mot, mov · movere 'move'; motus 'moved'; mobilis 'movable'

Latin movere means to move: mobile things can move, promotion moves someone forward, and commotion comes from stirring things up.

Words built from it

mobile — able to move or be moved
mob (move) + -ile (able to be)
motion — the act or process of moving
mot (move) + -ion (action or result)
move — change position or cause something to change position
mov (move)
commotion — a noisy disturbance or confused activity
com- (intensively) + mot (move) + -ion (action or result)
demote — move someone to a lower rank or position
de- (down) + mot (move)
promote — advance someone in rank or help something succeed
pro- (forward) + mot (move)
remove — take something away from its position
re- (away) + mov (move)
immobile — unable to move or remaining still
im- (not; form of in-) + mob (move) + -ile (able to be)

motley — It comes from a Middle English word used for mixed-color cloth, not Latin movere, 'move.'