Etymology

elision

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Today it means: The deliberate omission of something. Full definition →

Latin ēlīsiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromēlīsiō“striking out, forcing out”
  2. English todayelision

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

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