Where does “motion” come from?

motion (Norman) comes from Old French motion, from Latin mōtio, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- — to move.

motion (Norman): motion

Definitions

  1. motion

Ancestry of “motion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmotion—
2Latinmōtiomotion, movement
3Latinmovēre—
4Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- →Every word from Latin movēre →Every word from Latin mōtio →