Where does “superincumbency” come from?
superincumbency (English) comes from English incumbency, from English incumbent, from Latin incumbent, from Latin incumbens, from Latin incumbo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
superincumbency (English): The quality of being superincumbent
Definitions
- The quality of being superincumbent
Ancestry of “superincumbency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | incumbency | The state of being incumbent; An obligation or... |
| 2 | English | incumbent | Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially... |
| 3 | Latin | incumbent | third-person plural future active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | incumbens | reclining |
| 5 | Latin | incumbo | I lay oneself upon; I lean or recline on... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |