Where does “мотивиро́вка” come from?
мотивиро́вка (Russian) comes from Russian мотивировать, from German motivieren, from French motiver, from French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
мотивиро́вка (Russian): motivation
Definitions
- motivation
Ancestry of “мотивиро́вка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | мотивировать | to give reasons (for), to justify (by), to motivate (by) |
| 2 | German | motivieren | to motivate |
| 3 | French | motiver | to motivate; to justify |
| 4 | French | motif | motive; motif; pattern, design |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | motivum | nominative neuter singular of mōtīvus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | mōtivus | stirred |
| 7 | Latin | mōtus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |