Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An inclination away from the vertical.
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. · To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. · To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc. · To hang outwards.
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-. Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
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