Etymology

semiflexible

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Today it means: Partially flexible (and partially rigid) Full definition →

English flexible ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishflexible
  6. English todaysemiflexible

From semi- + flexible.

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