English
accumbent
Accumbent comes from Latin accumbō ‘recline’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‘to lie down’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-‘to lie down’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kumbōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*cumbō‘recline’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumbō‘recline’
- Englishearliest quotation 1630accumbent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-‘to lie down’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kumbōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*cumbō‘recline’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumbō‘recline’
- Englishearliest quotation 1630accumbent
Earliest quotation: 1630, Bishop Joseph Hall: “What a pennance must be done by every accumbent,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‘to lie down’
hip, cove, cubicle, incumbent, hobble, incubus, incubate, shoop, succubus, cubit, 12 more
through Latin *cumbō ‘recline’
Today it means
adj Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- / accumbent