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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

commotion public disturbance XV; (gen.) agitation, perturbation XIV. — (O)F. commotion or L. commōtiō, -ōn-; see COM-, MOTION.

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