Where does “withclosen” come from?
withclosen (Middle English) comes from Middle English closen, from Old English clȳsan, from Old English klūsijan, from Latin clausum, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
withclosen (Middle English): To enclose; close in
Definitions
- To enclose; close in
Ancestry of “withclosen”, step by step
withclosen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English closen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | closen | to close, enclose |
| 2 | Old English | clȳsan | to close, shut |
| 3 | Old English | klūsijan | to close, shut in |
| 4 | Latin | clausum | enclosed space, enclosure; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 6 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 7 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via Middle English wiþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wiþ | with |
| 2 | Old English | wiþ | against, opposite; along, towards; with |
| 3 | Old English | wiþer | toward, against; again, against; against, in... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |