Etymology

penumbra

pen·um·bra
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Today it means: A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. Full definition →

New Latin pēnumbra ← Latin paene
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompaene“almost”
  2. New Latin · borrowed frompēnumbra
  3. English todaypenumbra

From New Latin pēnumbra, from Latin paene (“almost”) + umbra (“shadow”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpaene all →

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