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Where does “imbed” come from?

imbed (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic imbetom — great quantity.

imbed (Old Irish): a large quantity, a large number, abundance,...

Definitions

  1. a large quantity, a large number, abundance,...

Ancestry of “imbed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticimbetomgreat quantity

Words derived from “imbed”

  • iomad
  • ainiomad
  • iomadh
  • imdae
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