Etymology

unmotivation

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Today it means: An absence or lack of motivation. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Anglo-Normanmotif
  9. Middle Frenchmotif
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  12. Proto-Italic*moweō
  13. Latinmoveō
  14. Latinmōtus
  15. Late Latinmōtīvum
  16. Middle Englishmotif
  17. Englishmotive
  18. Englishmotivation
  19. English todayunmotivation

From un- (“lack of”) + motivation.

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