An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Oblate

by Friedrich Kluge

Oblate, f., from the equiv. MidHG. oblât, oblâte, f. and n., ‘the Host, wafer’; from Lat. oblâta (from offerre, which was adopted as opfern), whence also the equiv. AS. ofelête; MidE. oblê is formed, however, from OFr. oublee, whence ModFr. oublie. See Opfer.