Where does “sombrar” come from?

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

sombrar (Spanish): to overshadow, adumbrate

Definitions

  1. to overshadow, adumbrate

Ancestry of “sombrar”, step by step

sombrar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish sombra

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

via Latin subumbrāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubumbrāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →