locomotion

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/ UK /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #51884

Meanings

1

noun
Movement, or the ability to move from one place to another.

Most animals use their legs for locomotion.

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Synonyms

1 noun · movement, or the ability to... travel movement

Word family

Forms locomotions

Derived forms biolocomotionhyperlocomotionhypolocomotionlocomotive locomotor

Etymology

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”).

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European locomotion French locō Latin moveō Latin

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# locomotion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 51884

## Meanings
1. Movement, or the ability to move from one place to another.

## Examples
- Most animals use their legs for locomotion.

## Derived Forms
- biolocomotion
- hyperlocomotion
- hypolocomotion
- locomotive
- locomotor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *m(y)ewh₁-
- Root: locomotion
- Root: locō
- Root: moveō

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Locomotion is 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”). In present-day use, it means movement, or the ability to move from one place to another. Derived formations include biolocomotion, hyperlocomotion, hypolocomotion, locomotive, and locomotor.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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