Where does “cloistre” come from?

cloistre (Middle English) comes from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

cloistre (Middle English): A monastery or cloister; a place where a monastic...

Definitions

  1. A monastery or cloister; a place where a monastic...

Ancestry of “cloistre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcloistrecloister
2Latinclaustruma bar, band, bolt; gate, door, bulwark; enclosure
3Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
4LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
5Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “cloistre”

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →