sombrero English · revision 1635

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/, /sɒmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/ ''(UK)''; /səmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/, /sɑmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|sombrero|t=hat; originally parasol]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''sombra'' “shade”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) which Etymonline and Barnhart trace to [[la-lat|subumbrare|t=to shade]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from Latin ''umbra'' “shade”.^(Barnhart 1995) It is related to [[somber]] and [[umbrella]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An Oriental umbrella or parasol (1598), a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The broad-brimmed hat, common in Spain and Spanish America, is recorded from 1770.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster dates the word to 1599.^(MW Collegiate) In microbiology the word names a kind of bacterial plaque (1971).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1598 – a parasol, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1770 – the broad-brimmed hat.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A large [[hat]] of straw or felt with a broad brim and a tall crown, worn especially in Mexico and the American Southwest.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sombreroed]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[somber]]

+ * [[umbrella]]

+ * [[umbra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}