Where does “closure” come from?

closure (Middle English) comes from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

Ancestry of “closure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchclosure
2Late Latinclausuralock, bar, bolt; clasp; lock, bar, bolt; clasp
3Latinclaususclosed, inaccessible; having been closed;...
4Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
5LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
6Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “closure

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō
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