English
genuflect
Genuflect comes from Medieval Latin genūflectō ‘to bend the knee’.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500genūflectō‘to bend the knee’
- Englishearliest quotation 1913genuflect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500genūflectō‘to bend the knee’
- Englishearliest quotation 1913genuflect
Earliest quotation: 1913, Adrian Fortescue: “At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on…”
Every English word from Medieval Latin genūflectō
Today it means
verb To bend the knee, as in servitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin genūflectō / genuflect