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Where does “ombrer” come from?

ombrer (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.

ombrer (French): to shade

Definitions

  1. to shade

Ancestry of “ombrer”, 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 “ombrer”

  • umbrere
  • ombrager
  • ombrage
  • ombrer
  • ombre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →