Where does “nexible” come from?

nexible (English) comes from Latin nexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

nexible (English): Capable of being knitted together

Definitions

  1. Capable of being knitted together

Ancestry of “nexible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnexibilistied or bound together; interwoven
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin nexibilis →