Where does “downflex” come from?
downflex (English) comes from English flex, from German flexibel, from Latin flexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
downflex (English): To force downward without breaking; To bend or...
Definitions
- To force downward without breaking; To bend or...
Ancestry of “downflex”, step by step
downflex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flex | Flexibility, pliancy; The or an act of flexing;... |
| 2 | German | flexibel | flexible |
| 3 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |