Where does “sombrear” come from?

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

sombrear (Portuguese): to shade

Definitions

  1. to shade

Ancestry of “sombrear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSombrashadow
2Old Portuguesesoombrashade; shadow
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 omraEvery word from Latin umbra