Flexion
/ˈflɛk.ʃən/noun
The act of bending or the state of being bent; in grammar, the inflection of a word.
Did you know?Flexion comes from the same ancient root as words for bending and folding, and it entered English through Latin and French long before it became a technical term in anatomy and grammar.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰlegʰ-
“to bend, curve, or fold”
Latin
Latin
flectere
“to bend or curve”
Latin
Latin
flexiō
“a bending; a turning”
Old French
Old French
flexion
“a bending, inflection”
Middle English
English
flexioun
“bending; inflection”
Modern English
English
flexion
“the act of bending; grammatical inflection”