Etymology

overmotivated

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Today it means: Having too much motivation. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Anglo-Normanmotif
  8. Middle Frenchmotif
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinmōtus
  14. Late Latinmōtīvum
  15. Middle Englishmotif
  16. Englishmotive
  17. Englishmotivated
  18. English todayovermotivated

From over- + motivated.

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