somber

adj. 忧郁的；昏暗的；严峻的；阴天的

中文词源

somber 昏暗的，阴沉的，阴郁的，沮丧的

来自法语 sombre,黑暗的，昏暗的，来自拉丁语 subumbrare,笼罩，使蒙上影子，来自 sub-, 在下面，umbra,影子，阴影，词源同 umbrella,伞，字面意思即小影子。引申比喻义阴郁的，沮丧的等。

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.

1、sub- "under" + umbr- + -e. => subumbre => sombre => somber.2、很显然，该词由上述词根结合后缩略变形而来。