Where does “motiu” come from?

motiu (Catalan) comes from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

motiu (Catalan): motive, motional; motive, reason; motif

Definitions

  1. motive, motional; motive, reason; motif

Ancestry of “motiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōtivusstirred
2Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “motiu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mōtus →
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