Etymology

recline

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Today it means: To cause to lean back; to bend back. Full definition →

Latin reclīnāre
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromreclīnāre“to bend back”
  2. English todayrecline

Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline.

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