slate

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  • From Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan, from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną. éclat.
  • From Middle English slatten, sclatten, from the noun (see above).

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