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

motion action or process of moving XV; formal proposition XVI. — (O)F. — L. mōtiō, -ōn-, f. mō- of movēre (mōtum) MOVE; see -TION.
Hence motion vb. † propose, move XVI; make a gesture XVIII. motive † motion, proposition XIV; that which moves a person to act XV; motif XIX. ME. motyf, -yve — (O)F. motif, sb. use of adj. — late L. mōtīvus, whence motive adj. XVI. So motivate XIX.

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