Where does “écluser” come from?
écluser (French) comes from French écluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
écluser (French): to pass through a lock; to drink; to booze
Definitions
- to pass through a lock; to drink; to booze
Ancestry of “écluser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | écluse | sluice, lock; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 3 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 4 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 5 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 6 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |