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Where does “clausura” come from?

clausura (Late Latin) comes from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

clausura (Late Latin): lock, bar, bolt; clasp; lock, bar, bolt; clasp

Definitions

  1. lock, bar, bolt; clasp; lock, bar, bolt; clasp

Ancestry of “clausura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclaususclosed, inaccessible; having been closed;...
2Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
3LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
4Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “clausura”

  • closure
  • cloture
  • postclosure
  • misclosure
  • reclosure
  • nonclosure
  • preclosure
  • overclosure
  • clausure
  • subclosure
  • clausurar
  • clausura
  • clausure
  • clausura
  • clôture
  • clôturer
  • clausura
  • closure
  • closture
  • closure
  • cliôthuthe
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