Where does “locomotion” come from?
locomotion (French) comes from Latin motionem, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.
locomotion (French): locomotion
Ancestry of “locomotion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | motionem | accusative singular of mōtiō; motion, a moving |
| 2 | Latin | movēre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *m(y)ewh₁- | — |
Words derived from “locomotion”