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Where does “inclosen” come from?

inclosen (Middle English) comes from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclaudo, from Latin inclūdō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “inclosen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishenclos—
2Old Frenchenclose—
3Vulgar Latininclaudo—
4Latininclūdō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inclosen”

  • enclose
  • encloser
  • encloseth
  • enclosable
  • enclosest
  • disenclose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →