Where does “sombrer” come from?
sombrer (French) comes from Middle French soussombrer, from Middle French soussoubrer, from Portuguese soçobrar, from Spanish zozobrar, from Old Spanish sozobrar, from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from Catalan sotsobre, from Catalan sobre.
sombrer (French): to sink; to whittle away
Definitions
- to sink; to whittle away
Ancestry of “sombrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | soussombrer | — |
| 2 | Middle French | soussoubrer | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | soçobrar | To capsize, keel over |
| 4 | Spanish | zozobrar | to capsize, founder, sink; to fail; to worry, or... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | sozobrar | — |
| 6 | Old Catalan | sotsobrar | — |
| 7 | Catalan | sotsobre | capsizing |
| 8 | Catalan | sobre | on, on top of; over, above; about |
| 9 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 10 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |