Where does “umbrella” come from?
umbrella (Late Latin) comes from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.
Ancestry of “umbrella”, 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- | — |
Words derived from “umbrella”