Etymology

motion

mot·ion
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Today it means: A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time. Full definition →

Middle English mocioun ← Anglo-Norman motion ← Middle French motion
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motion · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*m(y)ewh₁-“to move”
  2. Latin · derived frommōtiō“movement, motion”
  3. Middle French · derived frommotion
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommotion
  5. Middle English · inherited frommocioun
  6. English todaymotion

Inherited from Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”), related to movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

Motion · proper noun2

Possibly a variant of Mowson.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁- all →

movelocomotion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.