Where does “colmater” come from?

colmater (French) comes from French colmate, from Italian colmata, from Latin cumulāre.

colmater (French): to fill in; to plug; to fill up

Definitions

  1. to fill in; to plug; to fill up

Ancestry of “colmater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolmatefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Italiancolmatafeminine singular of colmato; filled
3Latincumulāre

Words derived from “colmater

Every word from Latin cumulāreEvery word from Italian colmataEvery word from French colmate