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flectere
Latin · ancient
"to bend"
to bend, combined with circum- (around)
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circumflectere
Latin · ancient
"to bend around"
to bend around, from circum- and flectere, with irregular past participle circumflexus
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circumflex
English · 1570s
"the curved accent mark used over vowels"
settled as the English word for the curved accent mark used over vowels
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