tomber
French
verb
Definitions
- to fall
- to come down
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French tomber inherited from Old French tumber derived from Frankish *tūmōn, *tumon (sway, reel, rotate) derived from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (rotate, turn, turn round).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tūmōną
Gloss
rotate, turn, turn round
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tumbao English
- tumbling English
- taumeln German
- retomber French
- tombereau French
- tombeur French
- tumbaburros Spanish, Castilian
- tumbar Spanish, Castilian
- *tūmōną Proto-Germanic
- tumbere Old English
- tumbian Old English
- tumben Middle English
- tumber Old French
- tombar Catalan, Valencian
- tombarella Catalan, Valencian
- tumbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- τοῦμπα Greek (modern)
- tumba Cebuano
- tumelen Middle Dutch
- tumba Tagalog
- tūmeln Middle High German
- tomber Middle French
- *tūmōn, *tumon Frankish
- toumber xno
- tombe Mauritian Creole
- tombe Louisiana Creole French
- tombé Louisiana Creole French