myEtymology.com: English etymology of motivity

Etymology of the English word motivity

the English word motivity

derived from the English word motive

derived from the Old French word motif

derived from the Latin word motivus (stirred; moved)

derived from the Latin word movere (move, stir, agitate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meuə-

derived from the Latin word motare (set in motion, shake, stir)

using the English suffix -ity