Where does “cumulate” come from?
cumulate (Italian) comes from Italian cumulare, from Latin cumulō, from Latin cumulus, from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.
cumulate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “cumulate”, step by step
cumulate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cumulare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cumulare | to accumulate |
| 2 | Latin | cumulō | to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate |
| 3 | Latin | cumulus | heap, pile; surplus; summit |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ku-m-olo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewh₁- | to swell; to be strong |
via Italian cumulato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cumulato | past participle of cumulare |