motivate - 語彙力を鍛える！語源で覚える英単語(42)

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タイトルCan Nike's Fuelband really motivate you to exercise?

 

Nike says its new activity-tracking Fuelband SE will motivate people to exercise even more. But can a wristband really lead to better health?

 

Back in 2009, Nike vice-president of digital sport Stefan Olander and his team had an idea: what if a person could track how much they've moved in a day, just by glancing at their wrist?

Cambridge Dictionaries Onlineより

to cause someone to behave in a particular way:

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYより

 Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from Latin motus "a moving, motion," past participle of movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). + -ate (2);  

印欧語mob[モブ、ムーブ、モウト　落ちる]が語源です。

山並 陞一『語源でわかった!英単語記憶術』より抜粋

山並先生の本では、語源はmobですが、ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYでは　meue-（意味は同じです）になっています。

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