The story
- Latin · borrowed fromnūtātiō“nodding”
- English todaynutation
1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nutation
Today it means: A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body. Full definition →
Latin nūtātiō