English

solar eclipse

From solar + eclipse.

A compound of solar + eclipse

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’

Latin sōl ‘sun’

Latin sōlāris ‘of or pertaining to the sun’

Middle English solar

English solar

Ancient Greek ἐκλείπω ‘to abandon, go missing, vanish’

Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις

Latin eclīpsis ‘a solar eclipse’

Old French eclipse

Middle English eclipse

The story

First use appears c. 1602 in the writings of Thomas Blundeville.

noun A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / solar eclipse