Etymograph

English

flex

Flex comes from Latin flexus, and goes back to flecto ‘to bend’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflecto‘to bend’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexuspast participle of flecto
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1950flex

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflecto‘to bend’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexuspast participle of flecto
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1950flex

Earliest quotation: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?: “The books lent her by Dr Grimble on period…”

Linked words

through Latin flecto ‘to bend’

reflect, deflection, deflect, inflection, 13 more

Today it means

noun Flexibility, pliancy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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