Etymology

acclivous

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Today it means: sloping upward; rising like a hillside. Full definition →

Latin acclivis
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromacclivis
  2. English todayacclivous

Latin acclivis and acclivus.

Words from the same roots

Latinacclivis all →

acclive

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