Etymology

opake

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Middle English opake ← Latin opacus ← Middle French opaque
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The story

  1. Middle French · derived fromopaque
  2. Latin · derived fromopacus“shaded, shady, dark”
  3. Middle English · derived fromopake
  4. English todayopake

From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishopake all →

Latinopacus all →

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