Etymology

proto-emotion

Today it means: An impression that could evolve into an emotion in the course of personality development. Full definition →

English emotion ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
  7. Englishproto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  15. Proto-Italic*moweō
  16. Latinmoveō
  17. Latinēmoveō
  18. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  19. Old Frenchesmovoir
  20. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  21. Middle Frenchemotion
  22. Englishemotion
  23. English todayproto-emotion

From proto- + emotion.

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