The story
- Latin · borrowed fromumbō“a shield boss”
- English todayumbo
Borrowed from Latin umbō (“a shield boss”). Doublet of umbone.
Words from the same roots
Latinumbō all →
umbonateumbone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
umbo
Today it means: The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. Full definition →
Latin umbō