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Where does “flessuoso” come from?

flessuoso (Italian) comes from Latin flexuosus, from Latin flexus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

flessuoso (Italian): supple; graceful, flowing

Definitions

  1. supple; graceful, flowing

Ancestry of “flessuoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflexuosustortuous, flexuous, crooked; sinuous, winding,...
2Latinflexusa bending, turning, winding; a transition,...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “flessuoso”

  • flessuosamente
  • flessuosità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →