Where does “ombre” come from?

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

ombre (Middle French): umber

Definitions

  1. umber

Ancestry of “ombre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchumbreAlternative form of onbre
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “ombre”

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