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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Oblate

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Oblate
Friedrich Kluge2507934An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O — Oblate1891John Francis Davis

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.