English Explanatory Dictionary

motivity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The power to cause movement, especially as an inherent mental faculty.
  2. Driving force, drive; creative power, invention.
  3. Movement, mobility.

Word forms

motivity motivities

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Late Latin moveō Late Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motivity From motive + -ity.

Synonyms

locomotion

Related words

motile motive
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