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- Latin · derived frominclīnātiō
- Old French · derived frominclination
- Middle English · inherited frominclinacioun
- English todayinclination
From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.