Where does “élider” come from?
élider (French) comes from Latin elido, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
élider (French): to elide
Ancestry of “élider”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | elido | I knock, dash or strike out; I tear, force or... |
| 2 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |