Where does “sluicery” come from?
sluicery (English) comes from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere — close.
sluicery (English): A gin shop or public house
Definitions
- A gin shop or public house
Ancestry of “sluicery”, step by step
sluicery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sluice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 3 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 4 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 5 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 7 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 8 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 9 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |