Etymology

countermotivation

Today it means: Motivation against something. Full definition →

English motivation ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Anglo-Normanmotif
  13. Middle Frenchmotif
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmoveō
  18. Latinmōtus
  19. Late Latinmōtīvum
  20. Middle Englishmotif
  21. Englishmotive
  22. Englishmotivation
  23. English todaycountermotivation

From counter- + motivation.

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