English, 30.08.2019 20:30 sarahgrindstaff123

Read the passage.
(1) the umbrella dates back more than 3,000 years to mesopotamia (2) that andent land was located in the middle east. (3) the middle east is a hot and sunny part
of the world. (4) royalty there demanded protection from the sun (5) people developed the umbrella for this purpose. (6) use of the umbrella as a sunshade then
spread to andent europe in fact, if you analyze the origin of the word umbrella, you will see that it reflects the umbrella's original purpose. (b) umbrella comes
from the latin wordumbra (9) umbra means "shade." (10) eventually, the romans used the umbrella to protect themselves from the rain. (11) they used the
umbrella to protect themselves from the sun as well. (12) today, umbrellas are used mainly as raingear
which is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9?
umbrella comes from the latin word umbra, it means shade."
umbrela meaning "shade," the word umbrella coming from umbra.
umbrella comes from the latin word umbra, which means "shade."
umbrella, coming from the latin word umbra, meaning "shade."
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