English
inflect
Inflect comes from Latin īnflectō ‘to bend, curve, bow’, and goes back to flectō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflectō‘to bend, curve, bow’
- Englishtodayinflect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflectō‘to bend, curve, bow’
- Englishtodayinflect
Linked words
through Latin flectō ‘to bend’
flexible, flexibility, reflect, flex, deflection, deflect, 11 more
Today it means
verb To cause to curve inwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flectō / inflect