suborn
Meaningto fit out secretly
Common meaning: to bribe to do wrong
- subunder; from below
- ornto fit out, decorateLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1279 · scan
‘under’ + ‘to fit out, decorate’ → suborn
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin ōrnō ‘to fit out, decorate’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ōrnō, p. 1279 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ōrnō, ōrnāre Latin “to fit out, decorate”
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