Where does “clymbere” come from?
clymbere (Middle English) comes from Middle English climben, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
clymbere (Middle English): climber person who climbs
Definitions
- climber person who climbs
Ancestry of “clymbere”, step by step
clymbere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English climben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | climben | To climb or scale; To soar or move upwards; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle English clymben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | clymben | To climb or scale travel vertically or diagonally up a surface |
| 2 | Old English | climban | to climb |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | klimbaną | to climb |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klībaną | to stick, cling to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleybʰ- | to stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |