Etymology

undermotivation

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Today it means: inadequate motivation; the state of being undermotivated Full definition →

English motivation ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Anglo-Normanmotif
  13. Middle Frenchmotif
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmoveō
  18. Latinmōtus
  19. Late Latinmōtīvum
  20. Middle Englishmotif
  21. Englishmotive
  22. Englishmotivation
  23. English todayundermotivation

From under- + motivation.

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