Borrowed from French éclat, from éclater, from Middle French esclater, from Old French esclater (deverbal also in Old French esclat), from Frankish *slaitan, from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną. Akin to Old High German sleizan, Old English slītan. More at slice, slit. slate.
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