Where does “motiv” come from?
motiv (Danish) comes from French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
motiv (Danish): motive; subject; motif
Ancestry of “motiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | motif | motive; motif; pattern, design |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | motivum | nominative neuter singular of mōtīvus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | mōtivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | mōtus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |