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Where does “recline” come from?

Recline comes from Latin reclinare, formed from the prefix re- and a root ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱley- and wer-.

recline (English): To cause to lean back; to bend back; To put in a...

Definitions

  1. To cause to lean back; to bend back; To put in a...

Ancestry of “recline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrēclīnāre—

Words derived from “recline”

  • reclining
  • recliner
  • reclinable
  • nonreclining
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