cumulate
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cumulate
- /ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/ UK
- /ˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ Canada, US
- /ˈkjuːmjʊlət/ UK
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
Latin cumulus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cumulō
Latin cumulātusbor.
English cumulate
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.
verb cumulates · cumulating · cumulated
- To accumulate; to amass.
- To be accumulated.
- Alternative form of cumulated, past participle of cumulate.cumulated
adjective more cumulate · most cumulate
- Accumulated; agglomerated; amassed. A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent.
noun cumulates
- An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma by either settling or floating. Layered cumulates are prominent within virtually all of the larger intrusions.
