Where does “flexuously” come from?
flexuously (English) comes from English flexuous, from Latin flexuosus, from Latin flexus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
flexuously (English): In a flexuous way
Definitions
- In a flexuous way
Ancestry of “flexuously”, step by step
flexuously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flexuous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flexuous | winding from side to side; sinuous |
| 2 | Latin | flexuosus | tortuous, flexuous, crooked; sinuous, winding,... |
| 3 | Latin | flexus | a bending, turning, winding; a transition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |