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
Latin movere (move) → mobilis (movable) → mobile
motion — the act or process of moving
Latin movere (move) → motio (movement) → motion
move — change position or cause something to change position
Latin movere (move) → Old French moveir → English move
commotion — a noisy disturbance or confused activity
Latin com- (intensive) + movere (move) → commovere (stir up) → commotio → commotion
demote — move someone to a lower rank or position
English de- (down) + -mote, modeled on promote, whose Latin root is movere (move)
promote — advance someone in rank or help something succeed
Latin pro- (forward) + movere (move) → promovere, with stem promot- → promote
remove — take something away from its position
Latin re- (away, back) + movere (move) → removere → remove
immobile — unable to move or remaining still
Latin in- (not), becoming im- before m, + mobilis (movable), from movere (move) → immobile

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