succumb
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succumb
- /səˈkʌm/
Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-der.
Proto-Italic *kumbō
Latin *cumbō
Latin succumbere
Old French succomberbor.
English succumb
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.
verb succumbs · succumbing · succumbed · succame
- To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. succumb to temptation
- To give up, or give in.
- To die. succumb to pneumonia
- To overwhelm or bring down. He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.
