English
retroflex
Retroflex comes from Latin rētrōflexus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErētrōflexus
- Englishearliest quotation 2010retroflex
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErētrōflexus
- Englishearliest quotation 2010retroflex
Earliest quotation: 2010, Stephen Nicholls, Stephen Worthley: “[…] retroflexing the endoscope tip and mechanically rotating the…”
Every English word from Latin rētrōflexus
Today it means
adj Bent or curved backwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rētrōflexus / retroflex