Where does “mô-típ” come from?

mô-típ (Vietnamese) comes from French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from Latin mōtivus, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mô-típ (Vietnamese): motif, pattern

Definitions

  1. motif, pattern

Ancestry of “mô-típ”, step by step

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