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Where does “exclu” come from?

exclu (French) comes from French exclure, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

exclu (French): person who is excluded; exclusive; excluded

Definitions

  1. person who is excluded; exclusive; excluded

Ancestry of “exclu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexclureto exclude; to leave out
2Latinexclūdō—
3Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
4LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
5Proto-Italicklaudōclose
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