emotional
/ɪˈməʊʃənəl/ih-MOH-shuh-nuhl
/ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ih-MOH-shuh-nuhl
Meaningrelating to emotion
Common meaning: showing or stirring strong feelings
- eout
- motto set in motionLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1168 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘out’ + ‘to set in motion’ → emotional
Journey through time
- Latinemotus‘moved out’source
- Englishemotion‘a strong feeling’
- Englishformed in English from emotionemotional‘showing or stirring strong feelings’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from emotion + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EMOTION, p.189 · scan
Roots
- moveō, mōvī, mōtum Latin “to set in motion”
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