Where does “motivo” come from?

motivo (Ido) comes from Latin mōtivum, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- — to move.

motivo (Ido): motive; motif

Definitions

  1. motive; motif

Ancestry of “motivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōtivum—
2Latinmovēre—
3Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-to move

Words derived from “motivo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- →Every word from Latin movēre →Every word from Latin mōtivum →