Where does “sombrously” come from?
sombrously (English) comes from English sombrous, from French sombre, from Old French sombre, from Old French sombrer, from Vulgar Latin subumbrare, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
sombrously (English): In a sombrous manner
Definitions
- In a sombrous manner
Ancestry of “sombrously”, step by step
sombrously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sombrous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sombrous | Gloomy; sombre |
| 2 | French | sombre | dark; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Old French | sombre | — |
| 4 | Old French | sombrer | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | subumbrare | to shadow |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |