Etymograph

English

motion

Motion comes from Middle English mocioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French motion, from Latin mōtiō ‘movement’, ultimately from PIE *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mowetjōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtiō‘movement’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400motion
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mocioun
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592motion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mowetjōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtiō‘movement’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400motion
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mocioun
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592motion

Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion.”

Linked words

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

move, mobile, auto, promote, motor, remote, momentum, mobility, emotional, motive, removable, motivate, mobilize, mobilization, motif, mobilise, mobilisation, motility, emote, emotionless, motile, 92 more

Today it means

noun A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.

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

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

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