cumber

• vt.邪魔をする、妨げる；苦しめる
• n.足手まとい、重荷、厄介者
• n. （カンバー）人の名前；（英）Cumber.

古英語のcombrenから。語源はber-「持ってくる」「負担する」で、語源的にはbear「重荷」。

cumber (v.)

c. 1300, "to overthrow, destroy; to be overwhelmed; to harass," apparently from French, but Old French combrer "to seize hold of, lay hands on, grab, snatch, take by force, rape," has not quite the same sense. Perhaps a shortened formation from a verb akin to Middle English acombren "obstructing progress," from Old French encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from Vulgar Latin *comboros "that which is carried together," perhaps from a Gaulish word.

The likely roots are PIE *kom (see com-) + *bher- (1) "to bear" (see infer). Weakened sense of "to hamper, to obstruct or weigh down" is late 14c. Related: Cumbered; cumbering.

1. We shall not cumber our thought with his reproaches.

私たちは彼の非難の影響を受けてはいけない、思想が前に進まない。

2.Even an experienced cumber will get into trouble.

経験のある登山者でも苦境に立たされている。