Etymograph

English

hyperflexible

From hyper- + flexible.

Formed from hyper- + flexible

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Latin flectō ‘to bend, curve’

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

Middle French flexible

English flexible

Today it means

adj Extremely flexible.

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