Where does “motivar” come from?

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

motivar (Catalan): to motivate

Definitions

  1. to motivate

Ancestry of “motivar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmotiumotive, motional; motive, reason; motif
2Latinmōtivusstirred
3Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “motivar”

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