Where does “pénombre” come from?
pénombre (French) comes from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
pénombre (French): penumbra; half-light, twilight
Definitions
- penumbra; half-light, twilight
Ancestry of “pénombre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | paene | almost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |