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sombrero (n.)

1770, from Spanish sombrero "broad-brimmed hat," originally "umbrella, parasol" (a sense found in English 1590s), from sombra "shade," from Late Latin subumbrare (see somber).

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somber (adj.)

1760 "gloomy, shadowy" (earlier sombrous, c. 1730), from French sombre "dark, gloomy," from Old French sombre (14c.), from an adjective from Late Latin subumbrare "to shadow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + umbra "shade, shadow" (perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *andho- "blind, dark;" see umbrage). Related: Somberly; somberness.

updated on October 26, 2013

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Definitions of sombrero from WordNet
1
sombrero (n.)
a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico;
2
Sombrero (n.)
one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis;
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Dictionary entries near sombrero

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someday

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