inflect
Meaningto bend
Common meaning: to alter a word's ending to show its grammar
Other meanings: to vary pitch
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- flectto bendLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 758 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘to bend’ → inflect
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin flectō ‘to bend’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flectō, p. 758 · dictionary scan
Roots
- flectō, flexī, flexum Latin “to bend”
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