Mar 31, 2019
Eclipse
Current Usage - “an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another”
History - Derived from the Ancient Greek noun ἔκλειψις, meaning “the abandonment” or “the downfall” or “the darkening of a heavenly body”. The term originated from the Greek verb ἐκλείπω, which meant “to abandon”, “to darken” and “to cease to exist”. The word was first used around the 1570s and is still used in its original form today. In modern day, there are different forms of an Eclipse, including a Lunar and a Solar Eclipse.
