Cumbent
/ˈkʌm.bənt/noun
Lying down or reclining; used in compounds like recumbent.
Did you know?Cumbent comes from Latin *-cumbentem*, the present participle of *cumbere* (“to lie down”), a root that also lives in *incubate* and *succumb*—words tied to lying down, settling in, and giving way.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keu̯b-
“to lie down, rest”
Latin
Latin
cumbere
“to lie down”
Latin
Latin
-cumbentem
“lying down; reclining”
Middle English
English
cumbent
“lying down, recumbent”
Modern English
English
cumbent
“lying down; reclining”