umbraliter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin umbra

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin umbrāliter

From umbra (“shadow, ghost”) + -ālis + -ter.

Adverb

umbrāliter (not comparable)

1. figuratively, metaphorically, symbolically

Related terms

• umbra

References

• “umbraliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “umbraliter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.