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genuflection

Meaningthe knee

Common meaning: act of bending one knee

Journey through time

  1. Latingenu‘the knee’source
  2. Frenchgenuflexion‘bending the knee’source
  3. Englishgenuflection‘act of bending one knee’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin genu ‘the knee’.

Roots

  • genu Latin “the knee”

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