English

subflexuous

From sub- + flexuous.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin flectō ‘bend’

Latin flexus ‘bend’

Latin flexuosus ‘tortuous, flexuous, crooked’

Today it means

adj Almost or imperfectly flexuous.

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

Etymograph / subflexuous