Where does “closing” come from?
Closing derives from English close, from French clos, from Latin clausum (past participle of claudere, meaning to shut or close), tracing back to Proto-Indo-European kel-.
closing (English): The act by which something is closed; The end or...
Definitions
- The act by which something is closed; The end or...
Ancestry of “closing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Words derived from “closing”