Where does “penumbră” come from?

penumbră (Romanian) comes from French pénombre, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

penumbră (Romanian): penumbra

Definitions

  1. penumbra

Ancestry of “penumbră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpénombrepenumbra; half-light, twilight
2Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin paene →Every word from French pénombre →