Etymology

eclipsis

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Today it means: An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἔκλειψις“disappearance, abandoning”
  2. English todayeclipsis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.

Words from the same roots

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eclipse

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