obumbrate

The story

1. Latin · borrowed fromobumbrātus
2. English todayobumbrate

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

First known use, by meaning

• from 1531 To shade; to darken; to cloud.
• 1632–1852 To foreshadow, prefigure.
• from 1826 Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
• 1425-1650 Overshadowed, darkened.