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Where does “ombra” come from?
ombra (Old Occitan) comes from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.
Ancestry of “ombra”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
umbra
a shadow; a shade; a ghost
2
Old Latin
omra
—
3
Proto-Indo-European
h₂mr-u-
—
Words derived from “ombra”
ombra
ombra
ombrejar
ombriu
ombrívol
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →
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