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

  1. penumbra; half-light, twilight

Ancestry of “pénombre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “pénombre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin paene →