ombre

French

noun
Definitions
  • shade, shadow
  • darkness
  • ghost

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ombre inherited from Latin umbra (shadow, shade, a shade) inherited from Old Latin *omra inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mrup-, *h₂mr-u-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂mrup-, *h₂mr-u-

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