umbra-, umbro-, umbr-, umbel- +
(Latin: shade, shadow)
umbelliferous
Bearing umbels.
umbelliform
In the shape or form of umbels.
umbellule
A small or secondary umbel.
umber
1. A natural brown earth containing ferric oxide and manganese oxides, used as pigment.
2. Any of the shades of brown produced by umber in its various states.
umbered
1. Shaded; clouded.
2. Painted with umber.
umbra (s), umbrae (pl)
1. A dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow caused by light from all points of a source being prevented from reaching the area, usually by an opaque object.
2. In astronomy, the shadow region over an area of the earth where a solar eclipse is total.
3. The darkest region of a sunspot.
4. A shade; such as, a ghost.
umbracious
Shady, umbrageous.
umbraciousness
The act or quality of providing shade.
umbracle
Shade or shadow; a shady place.
umbraculi-
This Latin stem is employed in botanical adjectives; such as with, umbraculiferous and umbraculiform.
umbraculiferous
Bearing an umbrella-like organ or structure.
umbraculiform
Shaped like an expanded umbrella.
umbraculum
1. An umbrella or an umbrella-like structure.
2. Any umbrella-like sturcture; pigmented fringe of iris, in certain ungulates; pupillary appendage, in amphibians.
Umbrae enim trausitus est tempus nostrum.
Our time is a very shadow that passeth away.
Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon (c. 100 B.C.)
umbrage
1. Offense, resentment; annoyance; displeasure: "Professors and students took umbrage at the implication that colleges should be filling heads with trivia"
2. The slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
3. Something that provides shade; a shadow or shade; for example, leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
4. A vague or shadowy shape or simply an indication; a hint.
5. A shadowy appearance or semblance of something.
The expression take umbrage or "take offence" arises from a metaphorical extension of "shadow" to "suspicion", which took place in French.
Other related "dark; shadow, shade; black" units:
lygo-;
melan-;
nigri-;
nocti-;
nycti-;
scoto-;
skio-.