Where does “emotion” come from?
Emotion comes from Middle French emotion, derived from the French verb émouvoir, which traces back through Middle French esmouvoir and Old French esmouvoir to Latin emovere, composed of the prefix ex- and the verb movere meaning "to move."
emotion (English): movement; agitation; A person's internal state of...
Definitions
- movement; agitation; A person's internal state of...
Ancestry of “emotion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | émotion | emotion |
| 2 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |