Etymograph

English

emotionlike

Emotionlike 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. English1500–presentsame form
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1999emotionlike

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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. English1500–presentsame form
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1999emotionlike

Earliest quotation: 1999, Sally Planalp, Communicating Emotion: Social: “On the other hand, we have emotionlike experiences (such…”

A compound of emotion + -like

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

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Vulgar Latin *exmovēre

Old French esmovoir ‘to move’

Middle French esmouvoir ‘to move’

Middle French emotion

English emotion

Linked words

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

motion, remover, 84 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, remote, mobility, promotion, motive, motivate, removable, mobilize, motif, mobilization, mobilise, mobilisation, motility, motile, 66 more

through English emotion

emote, 7 more

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of emotion.

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

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

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