Where does “sluice” come from?
Sluice comes from Middle English sluse and scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, the feminine past participle of Latin excludo meaning to shut out or exclude.
sluice (English): An artificial passage for water, fitted with a...
Definitions
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a...
Ancestry of “sluice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 2 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 3 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 4 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 5 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 6 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 7 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |