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Where does “éclipser” come from?

éclipser (French) comes from French éclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

éclipser (French): to eclipse; to eclipse, to overshadow, to...

Definitions

  1. to eclipse; to eclipse, to overshadow, to...

Ancestry of “éclipser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéclipseeclipse; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latineclīpsis—
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—
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