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Where does “ombroso” come from?

ombroso (Italian) comes from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

ombroso (Italian): shady, shadowy; skittish; touchy

Definitions

  1. shady, shadowy; skittish; touchy

Ancestry of “ombroso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “ombroso”

  • ombrosamente
  • ombrosità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →