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Where does “flexibel” come from?

flexibel (German) comes 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;...

flexibel (German): flexible

Definitions

  1. flexible

Ancestry of “flexibel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflexibilisflexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,...
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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