proclivity的词源

英文词源

proclivity (n.)

1590s, from Middle French proclivité or directly from Latin proclivitatem (nominative proclivitas) "a tendency, predisposition, propensity," from proclivis "prone to," literally "sloping, inclined," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).

中文词源

proclivity：倾向，癖好

pro-,向前，-cliv,倾斜，词源同acclivity,lean.引申词义倾向，癖好。

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