Where does “flexitimer” come from?
flexitimer (English) comes from English flexitime, from English flexi-, from English flexible, from Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
flexitimer (English): One who works on a flexitime arrangement
Definitions
- One who works on a flexitime arrangement
Ancestry of “flexitimer”, step by step
flexitimer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flexitime
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flexitime | An arrangement that allows employees to set their... |
| 2 | English | flexi- | flexible |
| 3 | English | flexible | Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking;... |
| 4 | Middle French | flexible | — |
| 5 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |