Where does “slūse” come from?
slūse (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slūsa, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
Ancestry of “slūse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | slūsa | — |
| 2 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 3 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 4 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 5 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 6 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |