motiveless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without a motive. not-comparable
    — This seems to have been a motiveless crime: no money was stolen, and nobody had cause to hate the victim.

词源

Etymology tree
Anglo-Norman motifder.
Middle French motifder.
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Late Latin moveō
Late Latin mōtus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin mōtīvumder.
Middle English motif
English motive
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English motiveless
From motive + -less.
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