Etymograph

English

flexuous

Flexuous comes from Latin flexuosus ‘tortuous, flexuous, crooked’, from flexus ‘bend’, and ultimately from flectō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectōas flectere‘bend’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexus‘bend’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexuosus‘tortuous, flexuous, crooked’
  4. Englishtodayflexuous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectōas flectere‘bend’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexus‘bend’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflexuosus‘tortuous, flexuous, crooked’
  4. Englishtodayflexuous

Linked words

through Latin flectō ‘bend’

reflect, flexibility, flexible, deflection, reflex, deflect, inflection, flexion, flexor, 8 more

Today it means

adj winding from side to side; sinuous

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

Etymograph / Latin flectō / flexuous

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