Recline
/rɪˈklaɪn/noun
To lie or lean back in a relaxed or resting position.
Did you know?Recline comes from Latin reclinare, built from re- (“back”) + clinare (“to bend”), and its deeper kin are words tied to bending, leaning, and even the idea of a slope or incline.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*klei-
“to lean, slope, bend”
Latin
Latin
clinare
“to bend, lean, incline”
Latin
Latin
reclinare
“to bend back, lean back”
Old French
Old French
recliner
“to lean back, rest”
Middle English
English
reclinen
“to lean back or lie back”
Modern English
English
recline
“to lie or lean back in a resting position”