Where does “flex” come from?
Flex comes from Latin flexus, the past participle of flectere, which derives from Proto-Italic flektō, meaning to bend or turn.
flex (English): Flexibility, pliancy; The or an act of flexing;...
Definitions
- Flexibility, pliancy; The or an act of flexing;...
Ancestry of “flex”, step by step
flex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German flexibel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | flexibel | flexible |
| 2 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |