English

intermotif

From inter- + motif.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

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

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

Latin mōtus

Late Latin mōtīvus ‘stirred’

French motif ‘motive’

English motif

Today it means

adj Between motifs

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

Etymograph / intermotif