Etymology

claudication

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Today it means: Limping. Full definition →

Latin claudicātiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromclaudicātiō“limping”
  2. English todayclaudication

Borrowed from Latin claudicātiō (“limping”, noun), from claudicō (“to limp, halt, be lame”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, nominal suffix).

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