Where does “assombrissement” come from?
assombrissement (French) comes from French assombrir, 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.
assombrissement (French): darkening; obfuscation
Definitions
- darkening; obfuscation
Ancestry of “assombrissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assombrir | to darken, make gloomy |
| 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- | — |