The story
- Latin · derived fromumbra
- Old French · derived fromombrail
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromumbrail
- Middle English · inherited fromumbrell
- English todayumbrel
From Middle English umbrell, umbrel, probably from Anglo-Norman umbrail, from Old French ombrail, ombral, from ombrel (“shade”), from ombre + -el, from Latin umbra; compare French ombrelle. By surface analysis, umb(e)r + -el.
Words from the same roots
Latinumbra all →
umbraumberumbratilousumbrereUmbrielumbrineumbrisol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.