Where does “Vaucluse” come from?
Vaucluse comes from French Vaucluse, from Latin Vallis Clausa meaning "closed valley," from Latin clausa, the feminine past participle of claudere meaning "to close," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel-.
Vaucluse (English): (INSEE code 84)
Definitions
- (INSEE code 84)
Ancestry of “Vaucluse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Vaucluse | — |
| 2 | Latin | Vallis Clausa | closed valley |
| 3 | Latin | vallis | valley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |