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Where does “electro-motion” come from?

electro-motion (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-.

electro-motion (English): The motion of electricity or its passage from one...

Definitions

  1. The motion of electricity or its passage from one...

Ancestry of “electro-motion”, step by step

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