motive的词源
英文词源
- motive (n.)
- mid-14c., "something brought forward," from Old French motif "will, drive, motivation," noun use of adjective, literally "moving," from Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from Latin motus "a moving, motion," past participle of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Meaning "that which inwardly moves a person to behave a certain way" is from early 15c.
- motive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French motif "moving" or directly from Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)).
中文词源
来自拉丁语movere,运动，移动，词源同move.-t,过去分词后缀。引申词义动机，原因。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：motive 词源，motive 含义。
词根词缀： -mot-移动 + -ive形容词词尾
