Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “hyperflexible” come from?

hyperflexible (English) comes from English flexible, from Middle French flexible, 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;...

hyperflexible (English): Extremely flexible

Definitions

  1. Extremely flexible

Ancestry of “hyperflexible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflexibleCapable of being flexed or bent without breaking;...
2Middle Frenchflexible—
3Latinflexibilisflexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,...
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →