Where does “ombreux” come from?

ombreux (Norman) comes from Old French fro, from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

ombreux (Norman): shady

Definitions

  1. shady

Ancestry of “ombreux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfro—
2Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
3Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
4Old Latinomra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →