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

Definitions

  1. moving; stirred; moved

Ancestry of “motivus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
2Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
3LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
4Proto-Italicmoweōto move
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “motivus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →Every word from Proto-Italic moweō →Every word from Latin moveo →