Where does “eclips” come from?

eclips (Dutch) comes from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

eclips (Dutch): eclipse, the blocking of light to a celestial body by another celestial body

Definitions

  1. eclipse, the blocking of light to a celestial body by another celestial body

Ancestry of “eclips”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheclipseeclipse
2Latineclīpsisa solar eclipse
3Ancient Greekἔκλειψιςdisappearance, abandonment; especially...
4Ancient GreekἐκλείπωI leave out, pass over; I forsake, desert,...
5Ancient GreekἐκOut of, from; from, with the source of; to denote...
6Proto-Hellenic*eks

Words derived from “eclips

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *eksEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐκEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω
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