Where does “umbre” come from?

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

umbre (Middle French): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “umbre”, step by step

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