Where does “close” come from?
close (Middle English) comes from Middle English cloth, from Old English clāþas, from Old English clāþ, from Proto-Germanic klaiþą, from Proto-Indo-European gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
close (Middle English): plural of cloth
Definitions
- plural of cloth
Ancestry of “close”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cloth | Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it,... |
| 2 | Old English | clāþas | clothes |
| 3 | Old English | clāþ | cloth, clothes, covering, sail |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klaiþą | cloth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |