Where does “close-handedness” come from?
close-handedness (English) comes from English close-handed, from English close, from Middle English closen, from Old English clȳsan, from Old English klūsijan, from Latin clausum, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere — close.
close-handedness (English): Alternative form of closehandedness
Definitions
- Alternative form of closehandedness
Ancestry of “close-handedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | close-handed | Alternative form of closehanded |
| 2 | English | close | To remove a gap; To finish, to terminate; To come... |
| 3 | Middle English | closen | to close, enclose |
| 4 | Old English | clȳsan | to close, shut |
| 5 | Old English | klūsijan | to close, shut in |
| 6 | Latin | clausum | enclosed space, enclosure; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 9 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |