Emotion
mid 16th century (denoting a public disturbance): from French émotion, from émouvoir ‘excite’, based on Latin emovere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + movere ‘move’. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
wiktionary
From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir(“excite”) based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō(“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē-(“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō(“move”).
etymonline
emotion (n.)
1570s, "a (social) moving, stirring, agitation," from French émotion (16c.), from Old French emouvoir "stir up" (12c.), from Latin emovere "move out, remove, agitate," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). Sense of "strong feeling" is first recorded 1650s; extended to any feeling by 1808.
