Where does “succumbent” come from?
succumbent (English) comes from Latin succumbens, from Latin succumbo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
succumbent (English): submissive; yielding
Ancestry of “succumbent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | succumbens | succumbing |
| 2 | Latin | succumbo | I sink, fall, lie or break down; I succumb or... |
| 3 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |