Etymograph

English

accubation

Accubation comes from Latin accubō ‘to recline’, from cubō ‘to lie down’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-root as named
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kubāō‘to lie down’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcubō‘to lie down’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccubō‘to recline’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccubatiō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650accubation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-root as named
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kubāō‘to lie down’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcubō‘to lie down’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccubō‘to recline’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccubatiō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650accubation

Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-

hip, cove, incumbent, succumb, hobble, concubine, shoop, 12 more

through Proto-Italic *kubāō ‘to lie down’

incubation, incubus, incubate, 15 more

through Latin cubō ‘to lie down’

covid, cube, cubicle, succubus, cubit, 14 more

Today it means

noun The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- / accubation

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