Where does “motywator” come from?

motywator (Polish) comes from Polish motywować, from French motiver, from French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

motywator (Polish): motivator

Definitions

  1. motivator

Ancestry of “motywator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmotywowaćto motivate
2Frenchmotiverto motivate; to justify
3Frenchmotifmotive; motif; pattern, design
4Medieval Latinmotivumnominative neuter singular of mōtīvus; accusative...
5Latinmōtivusstirred
6Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “motywator

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus