Where does “ombra” come from?
ombra (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan ombra, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.
ombra (Catalan): shade, shadow
Ancestry of “ombra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | ombra | — |
| 2 | Latin | umbra | a shadow; a shade; a ghost |
| 3 | Old Latin | omra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mr-u- | — |