Where does “cloïssa” come from?

cloïssa (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan clauvisso, from Old Occitan claus, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

cloïssa (Catalan): clam

Definitions

  1. clam

Ancestry of “cloïssa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanclauvisso—
2Old Occitanclaus—
3Latinclaususclosed, inaccessible; having been closed;...
4Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
5LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
6Proto-Italicklaudōclose
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →