English
inflexion
Inflexion comes from Latin īnflexiō ‘bending, curving’, from īnflectō ‘to bend, curve, bow’, and ultimately from flectō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend, curve or bow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflectō‘to bend, curve, bow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflexiō‘bending, curving’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inflexion
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1803–1805same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflectō‘to bend, curve or bow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflectō‘to bend, curve, bow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnflexiō‘bending, curving’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inflexion
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1803–1805same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1803–1805, Jane Austen, The Watsons: “[…] I do not like the studied air and…”
Linked words
through Latin flectō ‘to bend, curve or bow’
reflect, flexibility, flexible, flex, deflect, 11 more
through Middle French inflexion
Today it means
noun Dated spelling of inflection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flectō / inflexion