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Where does “sombra” come from?

sombra (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese soombra, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

sombra (Portuguese): shadow; eye shadow; the darker parts of an image

Definitions

  1. shadow; eye shadow; the darker parts of an image

Ancestry of “sombra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesoombrashade; shadow
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—

Words derived from “sombra”

  • sombrinha
  • sombrio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →