émotion French · revision 17585

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1475, Chastellain|origins=la ēmoveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /e.mo.sjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''émotion''' ''f'' (plural émotions)^(Wiktionary)

+ Written ''esmotion'' in the 16th century (1534); ''émotion'' from the 17th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[émouvoir]] after Old and Middle French [[m|fro|motion|t=movement]], which was [[bor|la|mōtiō|t=movement; a shudder of fever]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) The verb goes back to Vulgar Latin [[m|la-vul|*exmoveō]], classical [[m|la|ēmoveō|t=to move out, stir]], from [[m|la|ex]] and [[m|la|moveō|t=to move]].^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Littré derived it straight from a Latin noun formed on the supine of the verb; the TLFi and Rey make it a French formation.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges Chastellain uses it before 1475 for a moral disturbance, a troubled state of mind.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the general sense “movement” came “disturbance, sedition” (1512, Jean Lemaire de Belges), the usual meaning in the classical period, especially for the beginning of a riot (Furetière, 1690): ''l'émotion commençait sur le quai'', wrote Retz.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Montaigne used it in 1580, and the classical writers also used it for physical unease (Madame de Sévigné) and for the stirring of love (1645).^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The modern sense, an affective state, pleasant or unpleasant, often with bodily signs, appears in 1641; today it is the only living one.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) English borrowed ''emotion'' in the 1570s for a social agitation; the sense “strong feeling” followed in the 1650s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1475 – “Moral disturbance”, in Chastellain.^(TLFi)

+ * 1512 – “Unrest, sedition”, in Jean Lemaire de Belges.^(TLFi)

+ * 1534 – The spelling ''esmotion''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1570s – English borrows ''emotion''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1641 – The modern affective sense.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1690 – Furetière records the sense “beginning of a riot”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A sudden, short-lived disturbance caused by a strong feeling of fear, surprise or joy: ''parler avec émotion''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(psychology)'' An intense [[m|en|affective]] reaction, usually brought on by a stimulus and accompanied by bodily changes.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # A feeling, pleasant or unpleasant, regarded from the affective side: ''cacher son émotion''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(history)'' Under the [[Ancien Régime]], a brief, unorganized popular [[m|en|uprising]].^(Larousse)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(familiar)'' ''Donner des émotions'': to give someone a fright.^(Larousse)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[émouvoir]]

+ * [[émotif]]

+ * [[émotionnel]]

+ * [[émoi]]

+ * [[émeute]]

+ * [[motion]]

+ * [[en|emotion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}