Where does “clore” come from?
clore (Middle French) comes from Old French clore, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
clore (Middle French): to enclose
Ancestry of “clore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | clore | to close; to enclose |
| 2 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 3 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
Words derived from “clore”