Etymology

remotivation

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Today it means: A form of therapy attempting to re-establish an interest in the world in institutionalized patients. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Anglo-Normanmotif
  7. Middle Frenchmotif
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtus
  13. Late Latinmōtīvum
  14. Middle Englishmotif
  15. Englishmotive
  16. Englishmotivation
  17. English todayremotivation

From re- + motivation.

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