English Explanatory Dictionary

kemb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Obsolete form of comb.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Word forms

kemb kembs kembing kembed kempt

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

kembster unkembed unkempt
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