"The action or practice of reclining; the posture or position of a reclining person or thing", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Hill (b. c1528). From post-classical Latin reclination-, reclinatio return (Vetus Latina), rest, repose, action of leaning back from classical Latin reclīnāt-, past participial stem of reclīnāre + -iō.[reclination etymology, reclination origin, 英语词源]