Where does “umber” come from?

Umber derives from Middle French ombre, from Old French umbre, from Latin umbra meaning shadow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

umber (English): A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which...

Definitions

  1. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which...

Ancestry of “umber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchombreumber
2Old FrenchumbreAlternative form of onbre
3Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
4Old Latinomra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “umber”

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