Where does “eclipse” come from?

eclipse (Portuguese) comes from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

eclipse (Portuguese): eclipse

Definitions

  1. eclipse

Ancestry of “eclipse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineclīpsisa solar eclipse
2Ancient Greekἔκλειψιςdisappearance, abandonment; especially...
3Ancient GreekἐκλείπωI leave out, pass over; I forsake, desert,...
4Ancient GreekἐκOut of, from; from, with the source of; to denote...
5Proto-Hellenic*eks

Words derived from “eclipse

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *eksEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐκEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω
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