Where does “cumbrous” come from?
Cumbrous comes from Middle English combren, from Old French -eux, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Proto-Italic -owonssos, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
cumbrous (English): Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome;...
Definitions
- Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome;...
Ancestry of “cumbrous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | combrous | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 3 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |
Words derived from “cumbrous”