opine

(Englisch)

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

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