Where does “tomber” come from?

tomber (Middle French) comes from Old French tomber, from Frankish tūmōn, from Proto-Germanic tūmōną — to rotate; spin; revolve.

tomber (Middle French): to fall

Definitions

  1. to fall

Ancestry of “tomber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtomberto fall
2Frankishtūmōn—
3Proto-Germanictūmōnąto rotate; spin; revolve

Words derived from “tomber”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tūmōną →Every word from Frankish tūmōn →Every word from Old French tomber →