eclipse

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔκλειψις“eclipse”
2. Latin · derived fromeclīpsis
3. Old French · derived fromeclipse
4. Middle English · inherited fromeclipse
5. English todayeclipse

From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis. See also ellipse, ellipsis.

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