Where does “egomotion” come from?

egomotion (English) comes 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.

egomotion (English): The three-dimensional movement of a camera...

Definitions

  1. The three-dimensional movement of a camera...

Ancestry of “egomotion”, step by step

egomotion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English motion

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

via English ego

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishegoThe self, especially with a sense of...
2LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- →