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
Ancestry of “ombre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | umbre | Alternative form of onbre |
| 2 | Latin | umbra | a shadow; a shade; a ghost |
| 3 | Old Latin | omra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mr-u- | — |
Words derived from “ombre”