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Where does “motif” come from?

Words derived from “motif”

motive
motivate
motivating
automotive
electromotive
motivator
magnetomotive
motiveless
demotivate
motivity
unmotived
protonmotive
demotivator
nonautomotive
remotivate
unmotivating
motivative
counterelectromotive
thermoelectromotive
motivelessly
nonmotivating
motivelessness
pedomotive
nonmotive

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