English
colmatage
Colmatage comes from French colmatage ‘plugging’, from colmater ‘to fill in (a low land)’, and ultimately from Latin cumulus ‘a heap’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulus‘a heap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulō‘to heap, fill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulāreform of cumulō
- Italianc. 1300–presentcolmata‘filled’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcolmate‘land for filling’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcolmater‘to fill in (a low land)’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcolmatage‘plugging’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulus‘a heap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulō‘to heap, fill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcumulāreform of cumulō
- Italianc. 1300–presentcolmata‘filled’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcolmate‘land for filling’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcolmater‘to fill in (a low land)’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcolmatage‘plugging’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, kirk, cage, cavity, hound, excavation, cyst, gaol, excavate, caul, cavil, cajole, 40 more
through Latin cumulus ‘a heap’
Today it means
noun The deliberate introduction of silty water over low-lying land to build it up by deposition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cumulus / colmatage