Where does “inclined” come from?

Inclined comes from Middle English -ed, from Latin inclīnō meaning to bend or lean, from Latin in- and Latin in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱley- meaning to bend and ne.

inclined (English): At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped;...

Definitions

  1. At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped;...

Ancestry of “inclined”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
2Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
3Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

Words derived from “inclined”

Every word from Old English -ed →Every word from English -ed →Every word from Middle English -ed →