Where does “flexuosus” come from?

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

flexuosus (Latin): tortuous, flexuous, crooked; sinuous, winding,...

Definitions

  1. tortuous, flexuous, crooked; sinuous, winding,...

Ancestry of “flexuosus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “flexuosus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin flexus
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