Where does “scluse” come from?
scluse (Middle English) comes from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
scluse (Middle English): sluice
Definitions
- sluice
Ancestry of “scluse”, step by step
scluse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French escluse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 2 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 3 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 4 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 5 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 6 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via Anglo-Norman escluse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | escluse | sluice, floodgate; sluice |