Etymology

unmotivate

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Today it means: To demotivate Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  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. Englishmotivate
  20. English todayunmotivate

From un- + motivate.

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