Where does “ombrella” come from?

ombrella (Italian) comes from Late Latin umbrella, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

ombrella (Italian): umbrella; The shady foliage of a tree; umbel

Definitions

  1. umbrella; The shady foliage of a tree; umbel

Ancestry of “ombrella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinumbrella—
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “ombrella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →