Etymology

emotionize

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English emotion ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  14. Middle Frenchemotion
  15. Englishemotion
  16. English todayemotionize

From emotion + -ize.

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