Where does “umbelă” come from?

umbelă (Romanian) comes from French ombelle, from Latin umbella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

umbelă (Romanian): umbel (type of flower cluster)

Definitions

  1. umbel (type of flower cluster)

Ancestry of “umbelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchombelleumbel
2LatinumbellaA sunshade, parasol, or umbrella
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin umbella →