Where does “terre d'ombre” come from?

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

terre d'ombre (Middle French): dark ochre

Definitions

  1. dark ochre

Ancestry of “terre d'ombre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchumbreAlternative form of onbre
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →