Where does “emotional” come from?
Emotional derives from English emotion, which comes from French émouvoir meaning to stir up, ultimately from Latin emovere, composed of the prefix ex- and movere meaning to move.
emotional (English): Of or relating to the emotions; Characterised by...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the emotions; Characterised by...
Ancestry of “emotional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emotion | movement; agitation; A person's internal state of... |
| 2 | French | émotion | emotion |
| 3 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “emotional”
- emotionally
- emotionality
- unemotional
- emotionalism
- socioemotional
- emo
- unemotionally
- nonemotional
- overemotional
- emotionalist
- psychoemotional
- emotionalize
- emotionalization
- hyperemotional
- emotionalistic
- unemotionality
- screamo
- nonemotionally
- hyperemotionality
- emotionalness
- emotionalise
- metaemotional
- socioemotionally
- antiemotional