mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, -motoric, -motive, -motored; mov-

(Latin: move, motion)

locomotion
locomotive
locomotor
manumotor (s) (noun), manumotors (pl)
1. A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it by using his or her hands: A wheelchair is the most common manumotor most people know about.
2. Etymology: from Latin manus-, "hand" + movere, "to move".
motile
motility
motion
motivate (verb), motivates; motivated; motivating
1. To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage: The weekly meeting of the company staff was done to motivate the employees.
2. To animate or to cause someone or a group of people to take action: Henry was motivated to get as much done for the company as possible before the day was over.
To stimulate a sales force to increase the results of their efforts.
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motivation
motive
motivity
motometer
motor
motor amusia
The inability to produce musical sounds.
motorcycle (s) (noun), motorcycles (pl)

Related "move, motion" word units: cine-; kine-; mobil-; oscillo-; seismo-; vibro-.