## Meanings
1. To fall suddenly, often rolling over as you go down.
2. To drop quickly and by a large amount.
3. A fall, especially one in which you roll over.

## Examples
- She lost her footing and tumbled down the stairs.
- Share prices tumbled after the bad news.
- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.

## Derived Forms
- rumble-tumble
- tumble-car
- tumble-turd
- tumbler

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tumblen
- Root: tumben
- Root: tumbian
- Root: *tūmōną

## Etymology
From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln and Danish tumle.

## AI Etymology
Tumble is from Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln and Danish tumle. In present-day use, it can mean to fall suddenly, often rolling over as you go down, or to drop quickly and by a large amount. Derived formations include rumble-tumble, tumble-car, tumble-turd, tumbler.

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