Where does “motivum” come from?

motivum (Latin) comes from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

Ancestry of “motivum”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	movēre	—
2	Proto-Indo-European	*m(y)ewh₁-	—

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