nutate

The English word “nutate” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To rock or sway involuntarily.
To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Etymology

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.

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