Where does “incumbently” come from?
incumbently (English) comes from English incumbent, from Latin incumbent, from Latin incumbens, from Latin incumbo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
incumbently (English): In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent
Definitions
- In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent
Ancestry of “incumbently”, step by step
incumbently traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incumbent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incumbent | Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially... |
| 2 | Latin | incumbent | third-person plural future active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | incumbens | reclining |
| 4 | Latin | incumbo | I lay oneself upon; I lean or recline on... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |