Etymology

cytomotive

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Today it means: Relating to, or generating the movement of cells Full definition →

English motive ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Anglo-Normanmotif
  4. Middle Frenchmotif
  5. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*moweō
  8. Latinmoveō
  9. Latinmōtus
  10. Late Latinmōtīvum
  11. Middle Englishmotif
  12. Englishmotive
  13. English todaycytomotive

From cyto- + motive.

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