demotivate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

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 *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English motivate

English demotivate

From de- + motivate.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/

Verb

demotivate (third-person singular simple present demotivates, present participle demotivating, simple past and past participle demotivated)

1. (transitive) To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

Antonyms

• motivate

Derived terms

• demotivator
• demotivation
• demotivational

Translations

to decrease the motivation

• Czech: demotivovat
• Dutch: demotiveren (nl)
• Finnish: lannistaa (fi), viedä motivaatio (+ ablative)
• French: démotiver (fr)
• Galician: desmotivar
• German: demotivieren (de)
• Hindi: हतोत्साहन (hatotsāhan)
• Italian: demotivare (it)
• Polish: demotywować (pl) impf, zdemotywować pf
• Portuguese: desmotivar (pt)
• Russian: демотиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (demotivírovatʹ)

Italian

Adjective

demotivate

1. feminine plural of demotivato