Etymology

éclair

Today it means: A small, chocolate-covered, creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version. Full definition →

French éclair ← Old French esclairer ← Vulgar Latin *exclāriāre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁rós
  8. Proto-Italic*klāros
  9. Latinclārus
  10. Latinclārō
  11. Latinexclārāre
  12. Vulgar Latin*exclāriāre
  13. Old Frenchesclairer
  14. Frenchéclairerdeverb.
  15. Frenchéclair
  16. English todayéclair

Borrowed from French éclair.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.