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Where does “cloyment” come from?

cloyment (English) comes from English cloy, 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 — in.

cloyment (English): satiety

Definitions

  1. satiety

Ancestry of “cloyment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcloyTo fill up or choke up; to stop up; To clog, to...
2Middle Englishacloyen—
3Old Frenchencloyer—
4Medieval Latininclavare—
5Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
6Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
7Old Latinenin
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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