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Stage 1 of 3
ekleipsis
Greek · ancient
"a failing, an abandonment"
literally an abandonment, a failing, describing the sun or moon seeming to vanish
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Stage 2 of 3
eclipse
Old French · medieval
"the obscuring of a celestial body"
carried into French astronomical vocabulary
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Stage 3 of 3
eclipse
English · 1300s
"the obscuring of light from one celestial body by another"
settled as the English word for one celestial body obscuring another
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