umbral.
doorstep; stoop
Meaning & usage
doorstep; stoop
threshold
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin līmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līmināris Old Spanish limnar Old Spanish limbrar ▲ Spanish lumbreinflu. Spanish lumbral Spanish umbral From earlier lumbral, with a loss of the initial l- due to rebracketing of el lumbral; from Latin līmināris. Influenced by lumbre.
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