Where does “ombre” come from?

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

ombre (Norman): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “ombre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchonbreshadow
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 →
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