Tuesday, September 22, 2015

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project. our day to share all manner of trivia; factual or experiential. bring it on!

from the oxford english dictionary (as read on twitter):

the word umbrella came to english from the italian ombrella which came from the latin umbra meaning shade.

i love words!

1 comment:

  1. wonder what bumbershoot means other than a funny word for umbrella?

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