myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of inclinare

Etymology of the Latin word inclinare

the Latin word inclinare (bend; lower; incline)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word clinare (incline, slope; bend)

derived from the Greek word klinein, κλίνω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *klei-

derived from the Latin word inclinis

French enclin, French incline, Italian inchinare, Italian inclinare, Portuguese inclinar, Romanian închina, Spanish inclinar