Etymology

motivationlessness

Today it means: Absence of motivation. Full definition →

English motivationless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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The story

  1. Anglo-Normanmotif
  2. Middle Frenchmotif
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  5. Proto-Italic*moweō
  6. Latinmoveō
  7. Latinmōtus
  8. Late Latinmōtīvum
  9. Middle Englishmotif
  10. Englishmotive
  11. Englishmotivation
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  14. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  16. Englishmotivationless
  17. English todaymotivationlessness

From motivationless + -ness.

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