Etymology

umbrisol

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Today it means: A kind of soil with a dark topsoil and having organic matter accumulated within the mineral surface soil. Full definition →

Latin umbra
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromumbra“shadow”
  2. English todayumbrisol

Borrowed from Latin umbra (“shadow”) + -sol

Words from the same roots

Latinumbra all →

umbraumberumbratilousumbrelumbrereUmbrielumbrine

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