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English word origin

Etymology of ombre

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō ? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homō Latin hominem Old Spanish omne

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō ? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homō Latin hominem Old Spanish omne Spanish hombrebor. French hombrebor. English ombre Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French ombre (“Type of fish”).

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  • Borrowed-form mentionombrefr · Type of fish
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French ombré (“shaded”).

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  • Borrowed-form mentionombréfr · shaded
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