Etymology

ubac

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Today it means: The shady side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the north-facing slope. Full definition →

Occitan ubac ← Latin opācus
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  1. Latinopācus
  2. Occitanubac
  3. English todayubac

Borrowed from Occitan ubac, from Latin opācus. Doublet of opaque.

Words from the same roots

Latinopācus all →

opaqueopacifyopacous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.