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English word emotion comes from Latin emovere (move out, agitate), and later Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) esmouvoir (stir up)
e (Latin)
out
movere (Latin)
move
emovere (Latin)
move out, agitate
esmovoir (Old French)
(transitive) to move (cause emotion). (transitive) to move (cause to move).
esmouvoir (Middle French)
To move (cause emotion).
esmotion (Middle French)
Emotion; feeling.
émotion (French)
Emotion.
emotion (English)
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.