1560s, in relation to duties or obligations, from Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens), present participle of incumbere (see incumbent (n.)). The literal, physical sense is rare in English and first attested 1620s.
Not to be confused with Tompkins County, New York. Tompkins is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Daniel D Tompkins, a New York political leader.
DNAinfo/Nicholas Rizzi. TOMPKINSVILLE â A man died after apparently being put in an illegal chokehold by a police officer while being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes outside a Stapleton shop Thursday afternoon, the NYPD said.