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

Definitions

  1. shadow; shade

Ancestry of “ombre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
2Old Latinomra—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →