Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “onbre” come from?

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

onbre (Old French): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “onbre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
2Old Latinomra—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “onbre”

  • umbrage
  • umbrere
  • ombrager
  • ombrage
  • ombrer
  • ombre
  • ombre
  • ombrage
  • ombre
  • ombrage
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