Where does “cumul” come from?

cumul (Romanian) comes from French cumul, from French cumuler, from Latin cumulō, from Latin cumulus, from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.

cumul (Romanian): accumulation

Definitions

  1. accumulation

Ancestry of “cumul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcumulact of holding several things concurrently; combining
2Frenchcumulerto accumulate; to multitask
3Latincumulōto heap, pile up, amass, accumulate
4Latincumulusheap, pile; surplus; summit
5Proto-Indo-Europeanku-m-olo—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewh₁-to swell; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo →Every word from Latin cumulus →