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- Middle French · derived fromopaque
- Latin · derived fromopacus“shaded, shady, dark”
- Middle English · derived fromopake
- 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
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.