Where does “luchtsluis” come from?
luchtsluis (Dutch) comes from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō — close.
luchtsluis (Dutch): airlock
Definitions
- airlock
Ancestry of “luchtsluis”, step by step
luchtsluis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sluis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 2 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 3 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 4 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 5 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 8 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 9 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 10 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via Dutch lucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lucht | air; sky; odour, smell |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lucht | air; sky; smell, odour |
| 3 | Old Dutch | luft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |