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Where did the word eclipse originate, or come from?
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Where did the word eclipse originate, or come from?

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Origin of eclipse ExpandMiddle English Old French LatinGreek
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1250-1300; Middle English eclips(e), clips < Anglo-French, Old Frencheclipse < Latin eclīpsis < Greek ékleipsis, equivalent to ekleíp(ein) to leaveout, forsake, fail to appear (see ec- ) + -sis -sis
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