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- New Latin · learned borrowing fromprōpensitās
- English todaypropensity
Learned borrowing from New Latin prōpensitās. By surface analysis, propense (“inclined, disposed”) + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from New Latin prōpensitās. By surface analysis, propense (“inclined, disposed”) + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.