Where does “clôturer” come from?
clôturer (French) comes from French clôture, from Old French closture, from Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
clôturer (French): to fence off; to close, finish; to close
Definitions
- to fence off; to close, finish; to close
Ancestry of “clôturer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | clôture | fence; hedge, wall; closing, closure;... |
| 2 | Old French | closture | enclosed area |
| 3 | Latin | clausūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 5 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 6 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |