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Where does “opake” come from?

opake (Middle English) comes from Middle French opaque, from Latin opācus.

opake (Middle English): dark, shaded, unlit

Definitions

  1. dark, shaded, unlit

Ancestry of “opake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchopaqueopaque
2Latinopācus—

Words derived from “opake”

  • opaque
  • opacity
  • radiopaque
  • opaqueness
  • opaquely
  • radiopacity
  • semiopaque
  • nonopaque
  • nonradiopaque
  • radioopacity
  • opake
  • nonopacity
Every word from Latin opācus →