Where does “accumbrance” come from?
accumbrance (English) comes from English accumber, from English encumber, from Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, from Old French combre, from Medieval Latin combrus, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accumbrance (English): encumbrance; clog
Definitions
- encumbrance; clog
Ancestry of “accumbrance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accumber | To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm |
| 2 | English | encumber | to load down something with a burden; to restrict... |
| 3 | Middle English | encombren | — |
| 4 | Old French | encombrer | to bother; to irritate; to annoy; to burden |
| 5 | Old French | combre | wooden obstacles on a river; dam; hindrance,... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | combrus | barricade of felled trees; barricade |
| 7 | Gaulish | komberū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kombereti | to bring together |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |