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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslūsa—
2Old Frenchesclusesluice
3Latinexclūsa—
4Latinexclūsus—
5Latinexclūdō—
6Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
7LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
8Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “slūse”

  • шлюз
  • Schleuse
  • sluizen
  • druksluis
  • sluis
  • luchtsluis
  • şlüz
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