Etymology

bendable

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Today it means: Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Full definition →

English bend ← Middle English benden ← Old English bendan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*bandijaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bandijan
  5. Old Englishbendan
  6. Middle Englishbenden
  7. Englishbend
  8. English todaybendable

From bend + -able.

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