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nicto.

to blink

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈnɪk.toː]Classical-Latin[ˈnik.to]
  1. to blink

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  2. to wink, signal with the eyes

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  3. to flash

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  4. to strive, make effort

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kniktos + -ō. The term *kniktos was, according to De Vaan, the perfect passive participle to Proto-Italic *kneiɣʷēō, itself from the Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”). Cognate with connīveō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.

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