sombrero

/somˈbɾeɾo/ · A2 · noun · m

hat

sombrero — hat

👒 sombra = shade, so sombrero = shade-maker

From Spanish sombra (shade) plus -ero, the suffix for a thing that does a job. A sombrero is literally a shader: the thing that keeps sun off your head. English somber shares the same shadowy root.

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