Where does “incline” come from?
incline (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese inclinar, from Latin inclīnō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incline (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
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Ancestry of “incline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | inclinar | to tilt, tip; to incline, slope |
| 2 | Latin | inclīnō | to cause to lean, bend, tilt, incline, turn; bend down, bow something; divert; swerve |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |