retroflex的词源

英文词源

retroflex (adj.)

1776, from Modern Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere "to bend back," from retro (see retro-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). The verb (1898) is a back-formation from retroflexed (1806), from the adjective.

中文词源

retroflex：卷舌音的

retro-,向后，往回，-flex,弯，卷，词源同 flexible,reflex.

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