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locomotion

lo·co·mo·tion

UK/ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/ US/ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/ uncommon

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Origin

From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).

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