Where does “sluse” come from?
sluse (Middle English) comes from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
Ancestry of “sluse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 2 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 3 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 4 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 5 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 6 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |