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

  1. Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome;...

Ancestry of “cumbrous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcombrous—
2Middle English-ous—
3Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
4Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
5Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “cumbrous”

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