Etymology

imbricate

I1M3B3R1I1C3A1T1E1

Today it means: To overlap in a regular pattern. Full definition →

Latin imbricātus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromimbricātus
  2. Latin · borrowed fromimbricātus
  3. English todayimbricate

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

Words from the same roots

Latinimbricātus all →

imbrication

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.