Etymograph

English

umbratile

Umbratile comes from Latin umbratilis ‘remaining in the shade’, from umbra ‘shadow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wnksrā-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wnksrā-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEumbra‘shadow’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEumbratilis‘remaining in the shade’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1978umbratile

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wnksrā-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEumbra‘shadow’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEumbratilis‘remaining in the shade’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1978umbratile

Earliest quotation: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet): “Others were just larval forms in the sense of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wnksrā-

sombrero, 15 more

through Latin umbra ‘shadow’

sombre, ombre, umber, 18 more

Today it means

adj Shady, shadowy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wnksrā- / umbratile

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