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Where does “seclude” come from?

seclude (English) comes from Latin secludo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seclude (English): To shut off or keep apart, as from company,...

Definitions

  1. To shut off or keep apart, as from company,...

Ancestry of “seclude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecludoto cut off from
2Latinsē-—
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seclude”

  • secluding
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