succumb

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give in to something you cannot resist, such as pressure, temptation, or desire.

   After hours of arguing, she finally succumbed to their demands.

2. 2
   verb

   To die from an illness or injury.

   He fought the disease for years before he finally succumbed.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- Proto-Italic *kumbō Latin *cumbō Latin succumbere Old French succomberbor. English succumb From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.

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