Where does “umbrell” come from?

umbrell (Middle English) comes from Old French ombrel, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

umbrell (Middle English): the visor of a helmet

Definitions

  1. the visor of a helmet

Ancestry of “umbrell”, step by step

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

Words derived from “umbrell”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →