Where does “closture” come from?
closture (Old French) comes from Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
closture (Old French): enclosed area
Ancestry of “closture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | clausūra | — |
| 2 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 3 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 4 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
Words derived from “closture”