Where does “close-handed” come from?
close-handed (English) comes from English close, from Middle English closen, from Old English clȳsan, from Old English klūsijan, from Latin clausum, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo — close.
close-handed (English): Alternative form of closehanded
Definitions
- Alternative form of closehanded
Ancestry of “close-handed”, step by step
close-handed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English close
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | close | To remove a gap; To finish, to terminate; To come... |
| 2 | Middle English | closen | to close, enclose |
| 3 | Old English | clȳsan | to close, shut |
| 4 | Old English | klūsijan | to close, shut in |
| 5 | Latin | clausum | enclosed space, enclosure; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via English handed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handed | Having a certain kind or number of hands; Having... |
| 2 | English | Hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
| 3 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 4 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 6 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 7 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 8 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |