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Where does “geniculately” come from?

geniculately (English) comes from English geniculate, from Latin geniculatus, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

geniculately (English): In a geniculate manner

Definitions

  1. In a geniculate manner

Ancestry of “geniculately”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeniculateBent abruptly, with the structure of a knee;...
2Latingeniculatusknotty
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelos—
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