Where does “écluse” come from?

écluse (French) comes from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

écluse (French): sluice, lock; first-person singular present...

Definitions

sluice, lock; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “écluse”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	escluse	sluice
2	Latin	exclūsa	—
3	Latin	exclūsus	excluded
4	Latin	exclūdō	to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something
5	Latin	claudere	present active infinitive of claudō;...
6	Latin	claudo	I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
7	Proto-Italic	klaudō	close

Words derived from “écluse”

écluser
ecluză
ecluzare

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