Words that come from Middle French “motif”
29 words across 3 languages descend from Middle French motif — including motive, motivate, motivating, automotive, electromotive, motivator, magnetomotive, motiveless.
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English (27)
- motive
- motivate
- motivating
- automotive
- electromotive
- motivator
- magnetomotive
- motiveless
- demotivate
- motivity
- unmotived
- protonmotive
- demotivator
- nonautomotive
- remotivate
- unmotivating
- motivative
- counterelectromotive
- thermoelectromotive
- motivelessly
- motivelessness
- nonmotivating
- pedomotive
- unmotivate
- nonmotive
- photoelectromotive
- by-motive