Where does “inflect” come from?

inflect (English) comes from Latin īnflectō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inflect (English): To cause to curve inwards; To change the tone or...

Definitions

  1. To cause to curve inwards; To change the tone or...

Ancestry of “inflect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnflectōto bend, curve, bow
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inflect”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →