Etymograph

English

emotion

Emotion comes from Middle French emotion, from esmouvoir ‘to move’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmoveō‘to move out or away, remove’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exmovērereconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400esmovoir‘to move’
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esmouvoir‘to move’
  9. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600emotion
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1758emotion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmoveō‘to move out or away, remove’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exmovērereconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400esmovoir‘to move’
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esmouvoir‘to move’
  9. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600emotion
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1758emotion

Earliest quotation: 1758, Observations on a slight Earthquake: “and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

remover, 85 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 85 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, 87 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

mobile, auto, remove, promote, motor, mobility, remote, promotion, motive, motivate, mobilize, removable, mobilization, motif, mobilise, mobilisation, motility, motile, 66 more

through Middle French emotion

emote, 8 more

Today it means

noun Movement; agitation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / emotion

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