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