tumben

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tumbian (“to tumble”) (from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”)) and Anglo-Norman toumber (“to fall”) (Old French tumber), itself perhaps from the same Germanic verb via Frankish.

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

1. to fall, tumble

Alternative forms

• tomben, toumbe

Descendants

• English: tumb

Etymology 2

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

1. Alternative form of tomben (“to inter”)

Spanish

Verb

tumben

1. inflection of tumbar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative