esmotion

Middle French

Alternative forms

• emotion

Etymology

From the verb esmouvoir, or from *Old French esmotion.

Noun

esmotion f (plural esmotions)

1. emotion; feeling
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     Que nulle histoyre, ou sont les grands merveilles,
     A faict recit d'esmotions pareilles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• French: émotion