Where does “flexuous” come from?

flexuous (English) comes from Latin flexuosus, from Latin flexus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

flexuous (English): winding from side to side; sinuous

Definitions

  1. winding from side to side; sinuous

Ancestry of “flexuous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflexuosustortuous, flexuous, crooked; sinuous, winding,...
2Latinflexusa bending, turning, winding; a transition,...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “flexuous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin flexus →