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Where does “eclipsis” come from?

eclipsis (English) comes from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

eclipsis (English): An omission of words needed to fully express the...

Definitions

  1. An omission of words needed to fully express the...

Ancestry of “eclipsis”, step by step

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