Where does “sombra” come from?

sombra (Esperanto) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sombra (Esperanto): sombre, melancholic

Definitions

  1. sombre, melancholic

Ancestry of “sombra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsombredark; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Old Frenchsombre
3Old Frenchsombrer
4Vulgar Latinsubumbrareto shadow
5Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
6Proto-Italicsupounder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Italic supo
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