Where does “exclusive” come from?

Exclusive comes from Latin exclusivus, formed from the prefix ex- meaning "out" and the root kel- meaning "to shut," ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- and kel-.

exclusive (English): Excluding items or members that do not meet...

Definitions

  1. Excluding items or members that do not meet...

Ancestry of “exclusive”, step by step

exclusive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin exclūsīvus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexclūsīvusexclusive
2Latinexclūsusexcluded
3Latinexclūdōto shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something
4Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
5LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
6Proto-Italicklaudōclose

via German exklusiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanexklusivexclusive
2Frenchexclusifexclusive
3Latinexclūdere

Words derived from “exclusive

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō
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