Where does “motivo” come from?

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

motivo (Chavacano): motive

Definitions

  1. motive

Ancestry of “motivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmotivoreason, ground, motive
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mōtus →