Where does “omble” come from?

omble (French) comes from Old French umble, from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

omble (French): char (fish)

Definitions

  1. char (fish)

Ancestry of “omble”, step by step

omble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French umble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchumblehumble
2Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Latin umbra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
2Old Latinomra—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “omble”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →