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Where does “ombrage” come from?

ombrage (French) comes from French ombre, from Middle French ombrage, from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

ombrage (French): shade; umbrage, offence

Definitions

  1. shade; umbrage, offence

Ancestry of “ombrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchombreshade, shadow; darkness; ghost
2Middle Frenchombrageumbrage
3Old Frenchombrageshady
4Latinumbrāticus—
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātus—
7Proto-Italic-ātos—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “ombrage”

  • ombrager
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