Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “motion” come from?

motion (Danish) comes from French motion, from English motion, from Middle English mocioun, from Middle French motion, from Latin mōtio, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

motion (Danish): exercise

Definitions

  1. exercise

Ancestry of “motion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmotionmotion
2EnglishmotionA state of progression from one place to another;...
3Middle Englishmocioun—
4Middle Frenchmotion—
5Latinmōtio—
6Latinmovēre—
7Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-—
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