Where does “motivus” come from?
motivus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
motivus (Vulgar Latin): moving; stirred; moved
Ancestry of “motivus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 2 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | moweō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |