## Etymology
From umbrage + -ous, or from French ombrageux, ultimately from Latin umbra ('shadow'). It carries both the literal sense 'giving shade' and the figurative 'easily offended'.

## AI Etymology
Umbrageous is from umbrage + -ous, or from French ombrageux, ultimately from Latin umbra ('shadow'). It carries both the literal sense 'giving shade' and the figurative 'easily offended'. Important recorded forms include ombrageux (Middle French) and umbra (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers giving shade; shady; or easily offended. The wider family includes derived forms such as umbrageously and umbrageousness and related words such as umbrage, umbra, umber, and penumbra.

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