incline

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 324 words | Copyright

incline bend towards a thing, forward or downward. XIII. ME. encline — OF. encliner; these Eng. and F. forms survived till XVII, but forms assim. to the L. source inclīnāre finally prevailed; see IN-1, LEAN2.
Hence sb. XVII. So inclination XIV (not common till XVI). — (O)F. or L. inclinometer XIX.

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