Where does “umbrella” come from?

Umbrella comes from Italian ombrella, from Late Latin umbrella, from Latin umbra meaning "shadow," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

umbrella (English): Cloth-covered frame used for protection against...

Definitions

  1. Cloth-covered frame used for protection against...

Ancestry of “umbrella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianombrellaumbrella; The shady foliage of a tree; umbel
2Late Latinumbrella—
3Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
4Old Latinomra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “umbrella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →