Where does “umbral” come from?
umbral (Spanish) comes from Latin līmināris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
umbral (Spanish): doorstep; stoop; threshold
Definitions
- doorstep; stoop; threshold
Ancestry of “umbral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | līmināris | Of or pertaining to the threshold or lintel |
| 2 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
Words derived from “umbral”