Where does “Motivierung” come from?

Motivierung (German) comes from German motivieren, from French motiver, from French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Motivierung (German): motivation

Definitions

  1. motivation

Ancestry of “Motivierung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotivierento motivate
2Frenchmotiverto motivate; to justify
3Frenchmotifmotive; motif; pattern, design
4Medieval Latinmotivumnominative neuter singular of mōtīvus; accusative...
5Latinmōtivusstirred
6Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mōtus