Where does “unsluice” come from?
unsluice (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.
unsluice (English): To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to...
Definitions
- To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to...
Ancestry of “unsluice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 3 | Middle English | scluse | — |
| 4 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 5 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsus | — |
| 7 | Latin | exclūdō | — |
| 8 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 9 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |