Where does “uncumbered” come from?
uncumbered (English) comes from English cumbered, from English cumber, from Middle English combren, from Old French encombrer, from Old French combre, from Medieval Latin combrus, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
uncumbered (English): Not hampered or hindered; without encumbrance;...
Definitions
- Not hampered or hindered; without encumbrance;...
Ancestry of “uncumbered”, step by step
uncumbered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cumbered
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cumbered | simple past tense and past participle of cumber;... |
| 2 | English | cumber | To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber |
| 3 | Middle English | combren | — |
| 4 | Old French | encombrer | to bother; to irritate; to annoy; to burden |
| 5 | Old French | combre | wooden obstacles on a river; dam; hindrance,... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | combrus | barricade of felled trees; barricade |
| 7 | Gaulish | komberū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kombereti | to bring together |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |