English
geniculation
Geniculation comes from Latin geniculatio.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeniculatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1622geniculation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeniculatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1622geniculation
Earliest quotation: 1622, Joseph Hall: “Prayers, sermons, sacraments, geniculation, silence, attention, reverence, applause, knees,…”
Every English word from Latin geniculatio
Today it means
noun The act of kneeling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin geniculatio / geniculation