Where does “claustra” come from?

claustra (French) comes from Latin claustra, from Latin claudō, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

claustra (French): third-person singular past historic of claustrer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of claustrer

Ancestry of “claustra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinclaustraA lock, bar, bolt; A gate, entrance; A barricade,...
2Latinclaudōto shut up, close, lock
3Proto-Italicklaudōclose
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudō →Every word from Latin claustra →