The spelling is odd, but it is entirely intentional.Umbella was created by adding the diminutive suf
The spelling is odd, but it is entirely intentional.Umbella was created by adding the diminutive suffix -la directly to the umbr- part of umbra, “shadow”:umbella -ae f. [umbra + -la] [umbra- + -la-] stems [umbr- + -la-] a disappears before l [umbrla-] new stem [umbella-] rl becomes ell (assimilation and anaptyxis) [umbella] nominative singularOur umbrella either comes from Italian ombrella or was created by adding the diminutive suffix -ella to the stem of the Latin word umbra:umbrella -ae f. [umbra + -ella] [umbra- + -ella-] stems [umbr- + -ella-] a disappears before e [umbrella-] new stem [umbrella] nominative singularThis is much like how puer has the diminutives puellus and puerulus. -- source link
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