Where does “connive” come from?
Connive comes from French conniver, meaning to wink at or overlook, though the ultimate origin and earliest sense remain unclear.
connive (English): "Often followed by" with: to secretly cooperate...
Definitions
- "Often followed by" with: to secretly cooperate...
Ancestry of “connive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | conniver | to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing |
| 2 | Latin | coniveo | I close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; I... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kom-kneiɣʷēō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kneiɣʷēō | to close the eyes; to blink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kneygʷʰ- | to tend; incline; lean toward; bend; to bend,... |