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Translucent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means allowing light to pass through partially, without being fully transparent
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Stage 1 of 2
translucere
Latin · ancient
"to shine through"
to shine through, from trans- (through) and lucere (to shine)
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Stage 2 of 2
translucent
English · 1500s
"allowing light to pass through partially, but not transparent"
settled as the English word for something allowing light to pass through partially
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