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Where does “incline” come from?

incline (French) comes from French incliner, from Latin inclīnāre.

incline (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “incline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinclinerto incline; to lose; to set, to go down
2Latininclīnāre—
Every word from Latin inclīnāre →