Reconstruction:Latin/cumbo

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 This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kumbō, from a nasal infix present *ḱu-né-b-ti, *ḱu-m-b-énti of Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *kubāō (“to lie down”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kuxsketi (“to sleep”).[1]

Attested only in prefixed verbs.

Verb

*cumbō (present infinitive *cumbere, perfect active *cubuī, supine *cubitum); third conjugation

  1. to lie down, recline

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-cumbō, -ere; cubō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
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