Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Obsolete form of comb.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryObsolete form of comb.
From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (“to comb”), German kämmen (“to comb”), Danish kæmme (“to comb”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).
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