Where does “enclose” come from?
Enclose comes from Middle English enclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, from Old French enclore, from Vulgar Latin inclaudo, from Latin includere, composed of Latin in- and Latin in.
enclose (English): to surround with a wall, fence, etc; to insert...
Definitions
- to surround with a wall, fence, etc; to insert...
Ancestry of “enclose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | enclosen | — |
| 2 | Middle English | enclos | — |
| 3 | Old French | enclose | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | inclaudo | — |
| 5 | Latin | inclūdō | to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |