Where does “eclipse” come from?
Eclipse comes from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, a noun formation with the suffix -σις from ἐκ- meaning "out" and the root leykʷ- meaning "to leave" or "fail."
eclipse (English): An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one...
Definitions
- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one...
Ancestry of “eclipse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | eclipse | eclipse |
| 2 | Latin | eclīpsis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔκλειψις | disappearance, abandonment; especially... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐκλείπω | I leave out, pass over; I forsake, desert,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐκ | Out of, from; from, with the source of; to denote... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *eks | — |
Words derived from “eclipse”