Where does “cloy” come from?

cloy (English) comes from Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

cloy (English): To fill up or choke up; to stop up; To clog, to...

Definitions

  1. To fill up or choke up; to stop up; To clog, to...

Ancestry of “cloy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishacloyen—
2Old Frenchencloyer—
3Medieval Latininclavare—
4Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6Old Latinenin
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “cloy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →