conmoción

/kommoˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

disturbance

💥🧠 con- (together) + moción (movement) = everything moving together, shaken up

Latin commotio: com- (together) + motio (movement). A shared jolt through a crowd gives commotion; a jolt of the brain inside the skull gives concussion. Same root as motion and emotion.

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