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
Ancestry of “cloïssa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | clauvisso | — |
| 2 | Old Occitan | claus | — |
| 3 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 4 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 5 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |