Where does “brolly” come from?

brolly (English) comes from English umbrella, from Italian ombrella, from Late Latin umbrella, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

brolly (English): Umbrella

Definitions

  1. Umbrella

Ancestry of “brolly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishumbrellaCloth-covered frame used for protection against...
2Italianombrellaumbrella; The shady foliage of a tree; umbel
3Late Latinumbrella
4Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
5Old Latinomra
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-
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