Where does “sombrement” come from?
sombrement (French) comes from French sombre, from Old French sombre, from Old French sombrer, from Vulgar Latin subumbrare, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
sombrement (French): darkly; somberly
Ancestry of “sombrement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sombre | dark; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Old French | sombre | — |
| 3 | Old French | sombrer | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | subumbrare | to shadow |
| 5 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |