Where does “élision” come from?
élision (French) comes from Latin elisio, from Latin ēlīsus, from Latin elido, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
élision (French): elision
Ancestry of “élision”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | elisio | — |
| 2 | Latin | ēlīsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | elido | I knock, dash or strike out; I tear, force or... |
| 4 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |