Translation
inclination, tendency
Word origin
From Latin inclinare, 'to lean towards', built from in- and clinare, 'to bend'. The same root gives English incline, decline and recline, and, at some distance, climate.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- inclinare
- English cognates
- incline, decline, recline
Examples
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He has a strong inclination towards music.
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My inclination is to stay in the house during the winter.
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She followed her inclination and studied art.
An is which way a person leans: a taste, a leaning, a habit of mind. The preposition that follows it is , .
Esperanto does have the verb klini, to bend or tilt, and it is tempting to read as a prefix plus that root. It is not. Esperanto's prefix would be -, not in-, so the built word would be enklino, which nobody says. - is one root borrowed whole from Latin, where the connection to clinare is perfectly real. This is the same shape as next to : a true Latin seam and a false Esperanto one.
If you want the built alternative, it is emo, from the suffix --: emo says much the same thing with native parts.
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