Where does “umber” come from?

umber (Manx) comes from English umber, from Middle French ombre, from Old French umbre, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

umber (Manx): umber

Definitions

  1. umber

Ancestry of “umber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishumberA brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which...
2Middle Frenchombreumber
3Old FrenchumbreAlternative form of onbre
4Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
5Old Latinomra—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →