Motivation
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late 19th century: from motive, reinforced by motivate.
wiktionary
From French motivation. Morphologically motivate + -ion
etymonline
motivation (n.)
1873, "act or process of furnishing with an incentive or inducement to action;" see motivate + -ion. Perhaps borrowed from German, where motivation is attested by 1854. Psychological use, "inner or social stimulus for an action," is from 1904.
