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Where does “inclusion” come from?

Inclusion derives from Latin inclusio, a noun formed with the suffix -tio from Latin includere (in- "in" plus claudere "to shut"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kel- "to conceal or shut."

inclusion (English): An addition or annex to a group, set, or total;...

Definitions

  1. An addition or annex to a group, set, or total;...

Ancestry of “inclusion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininclusioconfinement, imprisonment
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “inclusion”

  • inclusionary
  • inclusionist
  • overinclusion
  • underinclusion
  • noninclusion
  • transclusion
  • inclusionism
  • microinclusion
  • preinclusion
  • e-inclusion
  • postinclusion
  • noninclusionary
  • nanoinclusion
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