Where does “imbibement” come from?

imbibement (English) comes from English imbibe, from Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

imbibement (English): The act or process of imbibing

Definitions

  1. The act or process of imbibing

Ancestry of “imbibement”, step by step

imbibement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English imbibe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimbibeTo drink; To take in; absorb
2Middle EnglishimbibenTo absorb; to sop up
3Latinimbibōto drink in, imbibe
4Latinbibōto drink
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin bibō →