Etymology

umbel

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Today it means: A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre. Full definition →

Latin umbella
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromumbella“umbrella”
  2. English todayumbel

Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.

Words from the same roots

Latinumbella all →

umbrellaumbellic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.