− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie. While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined: To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load. | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie. While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined: To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load. |