Where does “encombrer” come from?
encombrer (Old French) comes from Old French combre, from Medieval Latin combrus, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti, from Proto-Celtic kom-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
encombrer (Old French): to bother; to irritate; to annoy; to burden
Definitions
- to bother; to irritate; to annoy; to burden
Ancestry of “encombrer”, step by step
encombrer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French combre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | combre | wooden obstacles on a river; dam; hindrance,... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | combrus | barricade of felled trees; barricade |
| 3 | Gaulish | komberū | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | kombereti | to bring together |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Old French combrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | combrer | to hinder |