1853 Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. (1856) IV. 67This inscription differs from those which are found in the Umbro-Etruscan or Rasenic districts.
1858 G. Robertson Earliest Inhabitants Italy 46The migration of the Umbro-Sabellian races.
1858 Bibliotheca Sacra XV. 99 The Latin stands related to all this Umbro-Samnite class of special dialects, as, in Greek, the Ionic to the Doric dialect.
1862 T. Clark Handbk. Compar. Grammar 24The Latin language has..some such relation to the Umbro-Samnite, as the Ionic has to the Doric.
1880 Encycl. Brit XIII. 496/1The features common to Umbro-Roman and the Neapolitan dialects.
1890 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 265This Umbro-Latin Aryan race must have entered Italy considerably more than two thousand years before the commencement of our era.
Umbro- ⇒ Derived From: Umbrian
Umbro-
Prefix
- pertaining to Umbria, especially as a political entity
Etymology
Shortened unetymologically from Umbria in compounds- 20th century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc.