geniculate

geniculate · adjective¹

1. Latin · learned borrowing fromgeniculātus“with bended knee”
2. English todaygeniculate

PIE word *ǵónu Learned borrowing from Latin geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

geniculate · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromgeniculātus
2. English todaygeniculate

From Latin geniculātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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