Where does “mōtus” come from?

mōtus (Latin) comes from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

mōtus (Latin): moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved

Definitions

  1. moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved

Ancestry of “mōtus”, step by step

mōtus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin moveō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
2Proto-Italicmoweōto move
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Proto-Italic mowetos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmowetos—

Words derived from “mōtus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveō →