insinuo

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-1) to put, place, or thrust into the bosom
  2. (conjugation-1) to bring in by windings and turnings
  3. (conjugation-1) to make one's way to; to get to
  4. (conjugation-1) to penetrate, enter, steal into
  5. (conjugation-1) to land
  6. (conjugation-1) to insinuate, ingratiate oneself
  7. (conjugation-1) to introduce, recommend, make favorably known
  8. (conjugation-1) to initiate, introduce into
  9. (conjugation-1, obsolete) to publish, make known

Concepts

intimate
insinuate

work one’s way in

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ĩːˈsɪ.nu.oː]
Etymology

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 īnsinuō From in- + sinuō (“to bend, curve”).

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