motion

Where does the word "motion" come from? It comes from Latin motio, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Motion’s story begins in Latin: motio meant “a moving, a movement.” A moving, a movement, from movere (to move). It reached English by 1400s as motion. Settled as the English word for the act or process of moving. Today, motion means the act or process of moving, or a formal proposal in a meeting.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient motio "a moving, a movement", a moving, a movement, from movere (to move).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s motion "the act or process of moving", settled as the English word for the act or process of moving.