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

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “incumbent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincumbensreclining
2LatinincumboI lay oneself upon; I lean or recline on...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incumbent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →