Words that come from Medieval Latin “claustrum”

20 words across 14 languages descend from Medieval Latin claustrum — including klooster, chiostro, kloosterorde, kloosterling, cloître, cloistre, Klouschter, claustre.

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Dutch (3)

Italian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

German (2)

Middle English (2)

French (1)

Middle French (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Catalan (1)

Old French (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)