Where does “Eklipse” come from?
Eklipse (German) comes from Spanish eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.
Eklipse (German): eclipse, eclipsis
Definitions
- eclipse, eclipsis
Ancestry of “Eklipse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | eclipse | eclipse; disappearance |
| 2 | Latin | eclīpsis | a solar eclipse |
| 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 | — |