The story
- Latin · derived fromēlīdō“to knock, dash or strike out”
- English todayelide
From Latin ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.