Etymograph

English

acclive

Acclive comes from Latin acclīvis ‘sloping (upward), uphill’, and goes back to clīvus ‘slope, hill, rise’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclīvus1‘slope, hill, rise’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacclīvis1‘sloping (upward), uphill’
  3. Englishtodayacclive1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English acclive

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclīvusWiktionary, English acclive‘slope, hill, rise’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacclīvisWiktionary, English acclive‘sloping (upward), uphill’
  3. EnglishtodayaccliveWiktionary, English acclive

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’

law, low, climate, lean, ladder, decline, lid, climax, inclination, eyelid, incline, clinician, cline, declension, declination, proclivity, 25 more

Today it means

adj Synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “acclive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin clīvus / acclive

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