incline
/ɪnˈklaɪn/ · verb
Meaning
- To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- To slope.
- To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- A slope.
- A portal of a subway tunnel.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der. Proto-Italic *kleināō Latin clīnō Latin inclīnāre Old French enclinerbor. Middle English enclinen English incline From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
- *ḱley-(ine-pro)→
- inclīnō(la)→
- encliner(Old French)→
- enclinen(enm)→
- incline (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- श्रि(Sanskrit) (cog)
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