emotional

The word "emotional" is built upon the noun "emotion," which entered English in the 16th century from Middle French. Its ultimate source is the Latin verb emovere, a compound of e- (out) and movere (to move), literally meaning "to move out or stir up." This core idea of an internal stirring or agitation evolved to denote the complex feelings that seem to "move" a person from within. By adding the adjectival suffix "-al," the word shifts from naming the feeling itself to describing anything pertaining to, characterized by, or arousing such feelings, completing the journey from a physical action in Latin to a psychological descriptor in modern English.

Structure: emotion (feeling) + al (adjective suffix) "emotion" originates from Latin emovere (to move out, stir up), via French émotion. The suffix "-al" is from Latin -alis, forming adjectives meaning "of, relating to, or characterized by."