In line with the activity of any and all self respecting Scots under these circumstances I shall be pouring over learned tomes reacquainting myself with the etymology of the word 'umbrella'...
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umbrella (n.) Look up umbrella at Dictionary.com
c.1600, first attested in Donne's letters, from Italian ombrello, from Late Latin umbrella, altered (by influence of umbra) from Latin umbella "sunshade, parasol," diminutive of umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage)."
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