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Where does “ongle” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ongle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfro—
2Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
3Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
4Old Latinomra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “ongle”

  • oje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →