The story
- Latin · derived fromdeclinatio
- Middle French · derived fromdeclination
- Middle English · inherited fromdeclinacioun
- English todaydeclination
From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension.
Words from the same roots
Latindeclinatio all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.