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- — to move.

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—
5Latinmōtiomotion, movement
6Latinmovēre—
7Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- →Every word from Latin movēre →Every word from Latin mōtio →