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Where does “pivot” come from?

pivot (French) comes from Old French pivot — hinge pin, pivot, penis.

pivot (French): pivot; fulcrum; lynchpin

Definitions

  1. pivot; fulcrum; lynchpin

Ancestry of “pivot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpivothinge pin, pivot, penis

Words derived from “pivot”

  • pivotal
  • pivot
  • pivoting
  • pivotally
  • unpivot
  • pivotable
  • pivotality
  • pivotalness
  • nonpivotal
  • pivoter
  • pivotlike
  • pivotman
  • nonpivoting
  • pivotably
  • pivotless
  • repivot
  • pivotar
  • pivotage
  • pivoter
  • pivô
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