Etymology

transmotivation

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Today it means: The process of revising a fictional character's motivations to correspond to his/her actions. Full definition →

English motivation ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Anglo-Normanmotif
  10. Middle Frenchmotif
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  13. Proto-Italic*moweō
  14. Latinmoveō
  15. Latinmōtus
  16. Late Latinmōtīvum
  17. Middle Englishmotif
  18. Englishmotive
  19. Englishmotivation
  20. English todaytransmotivation

From trans- + motivation, coined by the scholar Gérard Genette.

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