motus.
movement, motion; riot, commotion, disturbance; gesture; emotion;
Meaning & usage
a movement, motion
an advance, progress
a movement, operation, impulse, passion; disturbance; sensation; emotion
a political movement, tumult, commotion, revolt, rebellion
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mōtus From moveō + -tus (forming action nouns).
moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
aroused, excited, begun, inspired, having been aroused
troubled, concerned, tormented, having been troubled
Where this word comes from
Perfect passive participle of moveō (“to move”). Diachronically from Proto-Italic *mowetos.
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