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== Etymology == * late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin {{lang|la|transparent}}- '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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