Where does “flexiloquus” come from?

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

flexiloquus (Latin): ambiguous

Definitions

  1. ambiguous

Ancestry of “flexiloquus”, step by step

flexiloquus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flexus

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

via Latin loquor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinloquorI say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter
2Proto-Italictlokʷōrto speak
3Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin flexus →