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

The act or process of imbibing

Ancestry of “imbibement”, step by step

imbibement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English imbibe

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	imbibe	To drink; To take in; absorb
2	Middle English	imbiben	To absorb; to sop up
3	Latin	imbibō	to drink in, imbibe
4	Latin	bibō	to drink
5	Latin	-ilis	-ile
6	Proto-Italic	-elis	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-elis	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English ment

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	ment	simple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2	Korean	멘트	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin bibō →