Where does “connivence” come from?
connivence (French) comes from Latin coniventia, from Latin cōnīvēns, from Latin coniveo, from Proto-Italic *kom-kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Italic kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European kneygʷʰ- — to tend; incline; lean toward; bend; to bend,...
connivence (French): connivance
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- connivance
Ancestry of “connivence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | coniventia | connivance; nominative neuter plural of cōnīvēns;... |
| 2 | Latin | cōnīvēns | winking; conniving |
| 3 | Latin | coniveo | I close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kom-kneiɣʷēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kneiɣʷēō | to close the eyes; to blink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kneygʷʰ- | to tend; incline; lean toward; bend; to bend,... |