Momentum

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late 17th century: from Latin, from movimentum, from movere ‘to move’.


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From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement


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momentum (n.)

1690s in the scientific use in mechanics, "product of the mass and velocity of a body; quantity of motion of a moving body," from Latin momentum "movement, moving power" (see moment). Figurative use, "force gained by movement, an impulse, impelling force," dates from 1782.