Where does “number close” come from?
number close (English) comes from English close, from Middle English closen, from Old English clȳsan, from Old English klūsijan, from Latin clausum, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo — close.
number close (English): To end a pickup of a woman by getting her...
Definitions
- To end a pickup of a woman by getting her...
Ancestry of “number close”, step by step
number close traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English close
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | close | To remove a gap; To finish, to terminate; To come... |
| 2 | Middle English | closen | to close, enclose |
| 3 | Old English | clȳsan | to close, shut |
| 4 | Old English | klūsijan | to close, shut in |
| 5 | Latin | clausum | enclosed space, enclosure; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via English number
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | number | An abstract entity used to describe quantity; A... |
| 2 | English | numb | Physically unable to feel, not having the power... |
| 3 | English | nim | To take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with... |
| 4 | Middle English | nimen | to take |
| 5 | Old English | niman | to take, seize |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | neman | to take |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nemaną | to take |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |