Etymograph

English

flexion

Flexion comes from Latin flexiō ‘a bending, swaying, turning, winding’, and goes back to flectō ‘to bend, curve’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend, curve’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexiō‘a bending, swaying, turning, winding’
  3. Englishtodayflexion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend, curve’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexiō‘a bending, swaying, turning, winding’
  3. Englishtodayflexion

Equivalent to flex + -ion

Latin flecto ‘to bend’

Latin flexus

English flex

The story

Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (‘to bend, curve’) + -tiō, possibly via French.

Linked words

through Latin flectō ‘to bend, curve’

reflect, reflex, deflect, inflection, flexor, 12 more

Today it means

noun The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.

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

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