Etymology

disincline

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Today it means: To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of. Full definition →

English incline ← Middle English enclinen ← Old French encliner
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Latininclīnāre
  7. Old Frenchencliner
  8. Middle Englishenclinen
  9. Englishincline
  10. English todaydisincline

From dis- + incline.

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