Where does “ombre” come from?
ombre (Friulian) comes from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.
ombre (Friulian): shadow; shade
Ancestry of “ombre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | umbra | a shadow; a shade; a ghost |
| 2 | Old Latin | omra | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mr-u- | — |