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

Definitions

  1. to enclose

Ancestry of “clore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcloreto close; to enclose
2Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
3LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
4Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “clore”

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →