Etymograph

English

flexibilize

From flexible + -ize, possibly a back-formation from flexibilization.

Formed from flexible + -ize

Latin flectō ‘to bend, curve’

Latin flexibilis ‘flexible, pliant, able to be bent’

Middle French flexible

English flexible

Today it means

verb To make flexible/more flexible.

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

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