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- Latin · derived fromdēcumbo“lie or fall down”
- English todaydecumbiture
From Latin dēcumbo (“lie or fall down”).
Words from the same roots
Latindēcumbo all →
decumbent
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
decumbiture
Today it means: The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness. Full definition →
Latin dēcumbo