Where does “charnier” come from?

charnier (French) comes from Old French fro, from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

charnier (French): mass grave

Definitions

  1. mass grave

Ancestry of “charnier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfro—
2Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
3Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
4Old Latinomra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →