Where does “cloisonner” come from?
cloisonner (French) comes from French cloison, from Vulgar Latin clausio, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
cloisonner (French): to partition, compartmentalize
Definitions
- to partition, compartmentalize
Ancestry of “cloisonner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cloison | partition, party wall; septum, partition;... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | clausio | — |
| 3 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 4 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 5 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
Words derived from “cloisonner”