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Where does “forclusion” come from?

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

forclusion (French): debarment

Definitions

  1. debarment

Ancestry of “forclusion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchforcloreto debar
2Frenchcloreclose
3Middle Frenchcloreto enclose
4Old Frenchcloreto close; to enclose
5Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
6LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
7Proto-Italicklaudōclose
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