Where does “incumbent” come from?
incumbent (Latin) comes from Latin incumbens, from Latin incumbo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incumbent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...
Definitions
- third-person plural future active indicative of...
Ancestry of “incumbent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | incumbens | reclining |
| 2 | Latin | incumbo | I lay oneself upon; I lean or recline on... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “incumbent”