Etymology

eclipta

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Today it means: Any asteraceous flowering plant of the genus Eclipta. Full definition →

translingual Eclipta ← Latin eclīpta ← Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκλείπω“to leave out, to pass over”
  2. Latin · derived fromeclīpta
  3. translingual · borrowed fromEclipta
  4. English todayeclipta

Borrowed from translingual Eclipta, from Latin eclīpta, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to leave out, to pass over”).

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