Etymology

inclined

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Today it means: At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti ~ *ḱl̥nyénti
  8. Proto-Italic*kl(e)inō
  9. Proto-Italic*klei- ~ *kli-influ.
  10. Latinclīnō
  11. Latininclīnāre
  12. Old Frenchencliner
  13. Middle Englishenclinen
  14. Englishincline
  15. English todayinclined

From incline + -ed.

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