Where does “clore” come from?

clore (French) comes from Middle French clore, from Old French clore, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

clore (French): close

Definitions

  1. close

Ancestry of “clore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcloreto enclose
2Old Frenchcloreto close; to enclose
3Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
4LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
5Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “clore”

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →