ingombro

See also: ingombrò

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from ingombrare.^[1]

Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:

the Old French combre (“wooden obstacles on a river; dam”)^[2], which is related to the Celtic *komboros^[3], in particular, Gaulish kombero^[2]; or
the Latin cumulus (“an accumulation, a heap”), compare Portuguese combro.^[4]

Noun

ingombro m (plural ingombri)

encumbrance, obstruction, obstacle
bulk, mass

Synonyms

(bulk): volume

Adjective

ingombro (feminine singular ingombra, masculine plural ingombri, feminine plural ingombre)

Verb

ingombro

first-person singular present of ingombrare

References

↑ Vocabulario Treccani
1 2 Centre national de ressources textuelles
↑ Vocabulario Treccani
↑ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “ingombro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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