insinuer

Meaning

  1. insinuate (make way for by subtle means)
  2. insinuate; hint

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛ̃.si.nɥe/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *sinos Proto-Italic *sinus Latin sinus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sinuō Latin īnsinuōlbor. Old French insinuer Middle French insinuer French insinuer Inherited from Middle French insinuer, from Old French insinuer, a learned borrowing from Latin īnsinuō, from in- + sinuō (“to bend, curve”).

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