Where does “eclipse” come from?

eclipse (Asturian) comes from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

eclipse (Asturian): eclipse

Definitions

  1. eclipse

Ancestry of “eclipse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineclīpsisa solar eclipse
2Ancient Greekἔκλειψιςdisappearance, abandonment; especially...
3Ancient GreekἐκλείπωI leave out, pass over; I forsake, desert,...
4Ancient GreekἐκOut of, from; from, with the source of; to denote...
5Proto-Hellenic*eks—

Words derived from “eclipse”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *eks →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐκ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω →