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Line 15: ==Etymology== late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin {{lang\|la\|transparent}}- '~~shining~~visible through', from Latin {{lang\|la\|transparere}}, from {{lang\|la\|trans}}- 'through' + {{lang\|la\|parere}} 'be visible'.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}} late 16th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin {{lang\|la\|translucent}}- 'shining through', from the verb {{lang\|la\|translucere}}, from {{lang\|la\|trans}}- 'through' + {{lang\|la\|lucere}} 'to shine'.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}} *late Middle English {{lang\|enm\|opake}}, from Latin {{lang\|la\|opacus}} 'darkened'. The current spelling (rare before the 19th century) has been influenced by the French form.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}

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